SLEEPY CREEK, MD, USA
N4327
GRUMMAN G-164A
DURING THE AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT THE AIRPLANE STRUCK AND SEVERED THREE POWER LINES. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT SEE THE LINES UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. THE AIRPLANE CAUGHT FIRE AND CONTINUED ON ITS FLIGHT PATH CROSSING A HIGHWAY AND A RIVER. THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED A 25 TO 30 FOOT TALL TREE LINE AND CAME TO REST IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE PLT DID NOT FILE AN ACC REPORT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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