Probable cause
The failure of the flight instructor and the commercial pilot to maintain adequate clearance from a power line during an aerial application training flight.
NTSB analysis
The flight instructor and the commercial pilot receiving instruction were conducting an aerial application training flight. After flying over a field, the airplane descended to low altitude and flew a practice spray pass from south to north. The field was not a designated practice area for the flight school and was adjacent to a prison. At the end of the field, the airplane pitched up, collided with a power line, and impacted the ground. Examination of the airplane revealed no evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN17FA169 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Apr 30, 2017
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Collinston, Louisiana
- Highest injury
- Fatal
- Fatal injuries
- 2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Champion 7KCAB
- N-number
- N1899G
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1968
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
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