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| Date: | Saturday 10 July 2010 |
| Time: | 07:40 LT |
| Type: |  PZL M-18A Dromader |
| Owner/operator: | Canam Aviators Inc |
| Registration: | N92640 |
| MSN: | 1Z025-22 |
| Engine model: | WSK-PZL-K PZL ASZ-62IR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Muncie, Indiana -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Marion, IN |
| Marion, IN | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was making aerial application runs to two fields that had high tension power lines running between them. The airplane contacted an additional smaller wire that ran from the high tension lines to a substation located one-quarter of a mile away. The smaller wire, which was 73 feet above the ground, was not marked and there were no poles for this wire between high tension lines and the substation. After contacting the wire, the pilot flew the airplane back to the departure airport. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing due to the wire strike.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to see and avoid the power line during an aerial application flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN10CA406
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 February 1996 | N92640 | Farmers Aerial Service Inc | 0 | Blythe, CA | |
w/o |
| 25 July 2011 | N92640 | Forest Air Services Inc | 0 | Anderson, Indiana | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Oct-2022 21:28 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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