- Date
- September 27, 1982, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Delano, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N48482Grumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820927049349A
- Case key
- 70444
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,staticFactor
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Pressure induced by othersCause
Analysis
Aircraft collided with wires during spraying of grapes. No air or ground survey made which was a normal procedure. Work pressure created the deviation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48482
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 40B
- Airframe hours
- 3,800
- Engine
- P & W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Mcfarland Dusters
- Registered owner
- Mcfarland Dusters
- Departed
- DLO · Delano, CA
- Destination
- DLO · Delano, CA
N48482Registration cancelled Jul 12, 1984 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164BAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 847 total · 225 in this make and model · 793 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.