- Date
- August 24, 1986, 15:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place
- Dublin, MS
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N55290Boeing PT-17
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860824072229A
- Case key
- 31697
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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
Judgment - poorCause
Buzzing - performedCause
Visual lookout - poorCause
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While buzzing at a low altitude the aircraft struck a wire causing the pilot to loose control at which time the aircraft crashed to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55290
- Reported as
- Boeing PT-17
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 754345
- Engine
- Continental W670-6A, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack W. Shannon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1986
- Departed
- Clarksdale, MS
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 49 in this make and model · 350 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 65 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.