DODGE CITY, KS, USA
N9257G
CESSNA A188B
THE PLT WAS WAS MAKING EAST & WEST RUNS OVER A MILO FIELD AS HE WAS DISPENSING PARATHION. HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD BEEN WORKING UNDER HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINES EACH TIME HE FLEW PAST THE WEST EDGE OF THE FIELD. HE STATED THAT ON THE LAST PASS, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A DUST DEVIL & HE FELT IT RISE AS HE PASSED UNDER THE POWER LINES. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER HIT THE BOTTOM WIRE WHICH WAS ABOUT 30 TO 35 FT AGL & THE ENTIRE TAIL SECTION WAS RIPPED OFF THE ACFT. THE ACFT THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 120 FT EAST OF THE POWER LINES & SLID INVERTED FOR ANOTHER 90 FT TO THE EAST BEFORE COMING TO REST.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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