Schweizer G-164A N6761Q

Summary

On 8 June 1985 at about 01:10 local time, a Schweizer G-164A registered N6761Q was involved in an accident near Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 June 1985 at 01:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, United States

Coordinates

47.8808, -96.2691

Aircraft

Schweizer G-164A

Registration

N6761Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85FA226

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT HAD BEEN SPRAY A FIELD IN NORTH & SOUTH DIRECTIONS, THEN ELECTED TO MAKE A SWATH RUN FROM EAST TO WEST TOWARD THE SUN. THIS PASS WAS MADE LATE IN THE DAY. WHILE ON THE SWATH RUN, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH AN UNMARKED WIRE, THEN VEERED & CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA WHERE THE ACFT BURNED. REPORTEDLY, THE PLT HAD BEEN WORKING FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET ALMOST EVERY DAY, AND WHEN HE WAS NOT FLYING, HE WAS TENDING TO THE ACFT & OTHER BUSINESS MATTERS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.