The Cessna 188 hit a powerline near Crawfordsville, Indiana, during an aerial application maneuver, sustaining substantial wing and fuselage damage. The pilot reported that there were no airplane mechanical malfunctions.
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from the powerline during an aerial application operations.
NTSB Identification: CEN15CA293
This July 2015 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others.
I have never heard of a C188 and FAA records do not show N625EH (NTSB source).
According to the NTSB report, it’s a CESSNA A188B, registration: N625EH.
It’s not showing in the FAA registry.
NTSB pro forma report. Did not travel to location. [Yawn]
GA commercial pilot hits power line. Has to be pilot error (default thinking of NTSB).
Could not possibly be a newly installed line that had not been there the last time application was done and no warning given to pilot that things had recently changed (not that the pilot should not have surveyed before starting application(s)).