- Date
- August 19, 1988, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hebron, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5329Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880819034419A
- Case key
- 34633
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While making a aerial application swath run, the pilot was checking his spray booms because of some malfunctioning nozzles. Exiting the field between two groups of trees on the border he failed to see power line poles. He struck the wires, then the terrain, rolled several times, then the aircraft was consumed by fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5329
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 608
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Davenport Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Davenport Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- HJH · Hebron, NE
- Airport
- HJH · Hebron, runway 18, 2,900 × 60 ft, dirt
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.