ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 40932
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Date: | Sunday 20 July 1997 |
Time: | 09:00 |
Type: | Grumman G-164A Ag-Cat |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N6550 |
MSN: | 693 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Pingree, ID -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot-in-command impacted power lines during a pull-up maneuver, severing two of the three 161,000 volt unmarked power lines. The aircraft then descended out of control, impacting terrain in a nose low, upright attitude, and came to rest on the east side of the power lines. CAUSE: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain adequate clearance with the power lines. A contributing factor was the unmarked power lines.
Sources:
NTSB:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001208X08514 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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