STRAUGHN, IN, USA
N9093T
Continental Copters TOMCAT MK-6
AERIAL APPLICATION HELICOPTER STRUCK POWER LINES IN FIELD ON FIRST SWATH RUN. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE PILOT HAD SPRAYED THIS FIELD. PRIOR TO SPRAYING THE FIELD HE QUESTIONED THE FARMER REGARDING POWER LINES OR OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS. THE FARMER REPLIED THAT THERE WERE NONE. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE FARMER STATED THAT HE FORGOT ABOUT THOSE POWER LINES. THE PILOT CIRCLED THE FIELD PRIOR TO STARTING HIS APPLICATION SWATH RUN LOOKING FOR OBSTRUCTIONS, AND SAW NONE.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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