- Date
- April 13, 1989, 06:40 local (11:40 UTC)
- Place
- Osceola, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7245Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890413007909A
- Case key
- 34777
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, and his misjudgement of clearance between the airplane, wires, and the ground during the aerial application maneuver. Factors relating to the accident were: the dirty windshield, sunglare, transmission line (wires), and soft terrain.
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 plt said that while performing an aerial application operation, he attempted to fly under some power lines. As the acft was going under the wires, the main gear contacted freshly plowed soil, then the acft nosed over. The plt said he thought that having a dirty windshield while flying directly into the rising sun & the location of the power lines contributed to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7245
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 916
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Osceola Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Osceola Aerial Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- 7M4 · Osceola, AR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 240 in this make and model · 550 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 30 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.