Schweizer G-164 N146KY

Summary

On 23 August 1995 at about 15:20 local time, a Schweizer G-164 registered N146KY, operated by Taylor, Donald L., was involved in an accident near Nyssa, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 August 1995 at 15:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Nyssa, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

43.7297, -117.1497

Aircraft

Schweizer G-164

Registration

N146KY

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Taylor, Donald L.

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Emmett → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA95LA191

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's inadequate ground reconnaissance.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While making an agricultural aerial application pass on a field on a heading of approximately 160 degrees, the airplane struck a 40-foot north-south power line on the west edge of the field. The pilot subsequently lost control of the airplane, which then crashed into the field. The pilot reported that he had never seen the wire 'even at the time of ground recon.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.