- Date
- March 25, 1989, 08:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Advance, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N48385Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890325004569A
- Case key
- 34773
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate visual lookout resulting in his failure to see power lines in time to avoid them. Contributing to the accident was the reduced visibility due to fog.
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
While performing an aerial application operation during marginal VFR flight conditions, the aircraft struck power lines. The pilot said he did not see them until it was too late to take evasive action.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48385
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1625
- Airframe hours
- 3,630
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Hall, James N.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 17, 1989 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- M066 · Painton, MO
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,416 total · 2,085 in this make and model · 2,361 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CGI, 10 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.