ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 370663
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| Date: | Monday 18 July 1988 |
| Time: | 18:15 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164A Ag-Cat |
| Owner/operator: | Thomas Beeson |
| Registration: | N677U |
| MSN: | 419 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6400 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R-1340 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cape Girardeau, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Sikeston, MO (NONE) |
| Cape Girardeau, IL (CGI | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PLT WAS APPLYING CHEMICALS TO A FIELD WITH 3 RADIO TRANSMISSION TOWERS ALONG ONE SIDE. HE RPRTD THAT AS HE WAS FINISHING THE FIELD, HE CIRCLED ONE OF THE TOWERS, THEM MADE A FINAL SWATH RUN ACROSS THE END OF THE FIELD. HE STATED THAT AS HE PULLED UP FROM THE SWATH RUN, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURBULENCE FROM THE 360 DEG TURN THAT HE HAD JUST MADE AROUND THE TOWER. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT BANKED TO THE RIGHT & COLLIDED WITH TWO OF THE UPPER GUY WIRES, DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING TIPS & PROP. THE WIRE STRIKE DAMAGED THE AILERON SYSTEM, SO THE PLT MADE A POWER OFF FORCED LANDING IN A CORNFIELD, WHERE THE ACFT NOSED OVER.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI88DEV02
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