Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary LAX95LA269

TULARE, CA, USA

Aircraft #1

N5035X

Rockwell S-2R

Analysis

THE PILOT COLLIDED WITH SOME POWER LINES DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. THE SKIES WERE CLEAR AND THE VISIBILITY WAS 10 MILES. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS REPORTED.

Factual Information

On July 25, 1995, at 1700 hours Pacific daylight time, the pilot of a Rockwell International S-R, N5035X, collided with some power lines during an aerial application near Tulare, California. The aircraft was owned and operated by the pilot and was doing business as Pacific Crop Dusters under 14 CFR Part 135. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time with clear skies and a visibility of 10 miles. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot received fatal injuries. There were no reported mechanical difficulties.

Probable Cause and Findings

failure of the pilot to see and avoid power lines along his route of flight.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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