- Date
- July 10, 1986, 08:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Sidon, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N48593Grumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860710072139A
- Case key
- 31507
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The right wings of the ag operator's bi-plane collided with the ground support cables of a 322 ft high microwave tower while on a base leg for landing. The right wings separated & the acft crashed & burned killing the plt. The 25000 hr plt knew of the tower as he had been flying in the immediate area for over 20 years. A witness stated that the acft was flying into the rising morning sun & the plt may have been blinded by the sun's glare.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48593
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75B
- Airframe hours
- 4,282
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- R.C. Colvin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 2, 1986 · 126 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Sidon, runway 36, asphalt
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
- 62
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 25,250 total · 3,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWO, 8 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.