ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 134877
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Date: | Saturday 5 June 2004 |
Time: | 08:30 |
Type: | Grumman G-164B Ag-Cat |
Owner/operator: | Weiser Air Air Service Inc. |
Registration: | N8440K |
MSN: | 694B1 |
Total airframe hrs: | 7804 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Midvale, ID -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | Midvale, ID (0U9) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:While spraying a field from east to west and working under high tension powerlines, which ran diagonally across the field from the southeast to the northwest, the aircraft impacted one of the powerlines that was lower than the others. The aircraft impacted terrain and was subsequently destroyed as it was consumed by fire.
Probable Cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain clearance from the high tension powerline. A factor was the powerline.
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040608X00759&key=1 Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Dec-2016 19:26 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
07-Dec-2017 18:03 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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