- Date
- September 16, 1983, 06:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Winkelman, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N21613Cessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830916049389A
- Case key
- 23855
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The right wing collided with wires at the end of a swath run and the acft was pulled to the ground about 300 ft from the wires.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21613
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0612
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- W.E. Hamilton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1983 · 150 hours before
- Departed
- 4GL · Globe, AZ
N21613Registration cancelled Jun 11, 2013 · Cessna A188BAirframe modelCessna A188BEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,580 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N21613 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.