- Date
- July 28, 1991, 04:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place
- Arizona City, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6681QGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910728030339A
- Case key
- 27307
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain an adequate visual outlook to avoid the collision with the power transmission lines. Contributing to the accident was the dark night light conditions that prevailed at the time of the accident.
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
A Grumman 164B collided with power transmission wires during a night aerial application flight. The pilot was spraying a cotton field at the time of the accident. The pilot was using spot lights installed on the airplane for the purpose of navigating in the field and obstruction detection. A blue mountain aviation night flying light kit was installed on the airplane. The alteration/modification of the airplane and installation of the lights is authorized by an approved FAA supplemental type certificate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6681Q
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1700
- Airframe hours
- 919
- Engine
- P&W R1340 AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Al-Don Dusting Svc., Inc.
- Registered owner
- Arh Trust
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 19, 1991 · 65 hours before
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 24,000 total · 680 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N6681Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.