- Date
- July 25, 1995, 17:00 local (Jul 26, 1995, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tulare, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5035XRockwell S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950725022369A
- Case key
- 29164
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Probable cause
failure of the pilot to see and avoid power lines along his route of flight.
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 pilot collided with some power lines during an aerial application flight. The skies were clear and the visibility was 10 miles. There were no mechanical problems reported.
Factual narrative
On July 25, 1995, at 1700 hours Pacific daylight time, the pilot of a Rockwell International S-R, N5035X, collided with some power lines during an aerial application near Tulare, California. The aircraft was owned and operated by the pilot and was doing business as Pacific Crop Dusters under 14 CFR Part 135. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time with clear skies and a visibility of 10 miles. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot received fatal injuries.
There were no reported mechanical difficulties.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5035X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5067R
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE-331, 1,475 lbs thrust, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Michael A. Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1995
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VIS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.