ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364940
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 July 1991 |
| Time: | 17:05 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna A188B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4905Q |
| MSN: | 18802640T |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | St. Matthews, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Cameron, SC (NONE) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AG PILOT WAS SPRAYING COTTON AND TIMING HIS PASSES TO AVOID AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC ON AN ADJACENT ROAD. THE DRIVER OF AN APPROACHING AUTOMOBILE APPLIED BRAKES AS THE AIRPLANE WAS COMMITTED TO A PASS UNDER A DOUBLE SET OF POWER LINES. THE PILOT ABRUPTLY PULLED UP TO AVOID THE AUTOMOBILE, AND THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE WIRES. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND IT CRASHED INTO AN ADJACENT FIELD.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SAFE CLEARANCE FROM POWER LINES, WHILE MANEUVERING TO AVOID AN AUTOMOBILE IN THE AREA OF HIS SPRAYING OPERATION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL91LA127
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 June 1985 | N4905Q | William Diffee | 0 | Marks, MS | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 20:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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