CROWLEY, LA, USA
N8580H
GRUMMAN G-164A
THE AGRICULTURAL PILOT WAS WORKING IN A FIELD WHICH HAD TELEPHONE LINES AT ONE END AND POWER LINES AT THE OTHER. ON HIS LAST RUN, AS HE STARTED HIS PULL UP, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE POWER LINES AT ONE END OF THE FIELD. THE AIRPLANE WENT THROUGH THE POWER LINES, PASSED OVER A HOUSE, STRUCK TREES AND HIT THE GROUND IN AN INVERTED POSITION. A FIRE WHICH STARTED FOLLOWING IMPACT WAS SUPPRESSED LONG ENOUGH TO REMOVE THE PILOT, BUT THEN DESTROYED THE ACFT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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