- Date
- October 23, 1988, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Casa Grande, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5640JCessna A188A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 26127
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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
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Loss of control - in flight
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
During aerial application flight, the aircraft collided with a high-tension static wire and subsequently with the ground. Post-impact fire ensued. The pilot stated he misjudged his approach to the field and did not see the wire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5640J
- Reported as
- Cessna A188A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A18800590
- Airframe hours
- 3,422
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Singleton, Tom, doing business as Singleton Spray Service
- Registered owner
- Tom T Singleton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 5, 1987 · 733 hours before
- Departed
- 8 MI · Casa Grande, AZ
N5640JRegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · Cessna A188AAirframe modelCessna A188AEngine 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 450 in this make and model · 4,500 as pilot in command · 450 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
Other investigations on N5640J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.