- Date
- August 5, 1985, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Dodge City, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9257GCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850805039289A
- Case key
- 33847
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was was making east & west runs over a milo field as he was dispensing parathion. He reported that he had been working under high voltage power lines each time he flew past the west edge of the field. He stated that on the last pass, the acft encountered a dust devil & he felt it rise as he passed under the power lines. The vertical stabilizer hit the bottom wire which was about 30 to 35 ft AGL & the entire tail section was ripped off the acft. The acft then impacted the ground about 120 ft east of the power lines & slid inverted for another 90 ft to the east before coming to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9257G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801440
- Airframe hours
- 2,707
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D-23, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Keith W.Stakes
- Registered owner
- Erhart Aerial Spraying Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1985 · 169 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
- 35
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,893 total · 1,868 in this make and model · 2,787 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DDC, 15 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.