- Date
- May 25, 1983, 17:54 local (May 26, 1983, 00:54 UTC)
- Place
- Live Oak, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6627KGrumman-Schweizer G-164C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830525021019A
- Case key
- 23725
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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.
Analysis
The plt was on a flight to seed a rice field with 2 sets of power lines located near its west edge. The plt had seeded the field many times before, & reportedly, was familiar with the area. During the 1st swath run, which was from east to west, the acft collided with the 1st set of power lines, aprx 30 ft AGL. Subsequently, the acft crashed to the ground & came to rest about 150 yards west of the power lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6627K
- Reported as
- Grumman-Schweizer G-164C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6075
- Airframe hours
- 3,261
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-1-101, 600 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Bowles Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 28, 1983 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- 025 · Live Oak, CA
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 125 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYV, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.