- Date
- August 5, 1986, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Edison, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4807RCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860805071539A
- Case key
- 34229
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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,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The PIC had made 5 or 6 passes to the corn field he was spraying. During this pass, the PIC stated he struck a pwr line that ran diagonally across the fld. The PIC stated he did not observe this particular strand during the other passes on the fld. Pwr lines were bordering the field on the west and the swath runs were in a west to east direction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4807R
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801555
- Airframe hours
- 1,840
- Engine
- Continental IO 520 D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Arapahoe Aerial Sprayers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 30, 1986 · 98 hours before
- Departed
- Holbrook, NE
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,409 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 5,298 as pilot in command · 148 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC, 25 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.