- Date
- August 18, 1993, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Benton, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6731QSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930818029809A
- Case key
- 37385
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain proper visual outlook.
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 commercial pilot was conducting an aerial application run to the north. After completing the run the pilot initiated a pull up and observed wires to his immediate front. The pilot lowered the nose of the airplane and flew under the wires and collided with trees and terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6731Q
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 245B
- Airframe hours
- 5,700
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Nash Agri Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- Nash Agri Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1993 · 225 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 575 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWO, 105 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.