Agricultural spray pilot hits wire on climb out from first pass over the field.

Attributes
ACN	337060
Time
Date	199605
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : alw
State Reference	WA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 40 agl bound upper : 40
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : alw
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Other
Operating Under FAR Part	other : other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 3900 flight time type : 2400
ASRS Report	337060
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While spraying a field on the first pass after looking the field over, I hit a pwrline at the departure end of the field. I allowed the aircraft to get too low into a confined area to climb out quickly enough to clear the wire. Contributing factors were another wire that angled along the field edge and diverted attention to the road where I was watching for car traffic. On taking the wire out the aircraft continued flying, I notified walla walla tower asking them to call my company to call power company. The fire department showed up a few mins later directing traffic around the down wire. To have avoided the situation I could have run my load down in a more open area and worked out this area when the aircraft was lighter.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AGRICULTURAL SPRAY PLT HITS WIRE ON CLBOUT FROM FIRST PASS OVER THE FIELD.

Narrative: WHILE SPRAYING A FIELD ON THE FIRST PASS AFTER LOOKING THE FIELD OVER, I HIT A PWRLINE AT THE DEP END OF THE FIELD. I ALLOWED THE ACFT TO GET TOO LOW INTO A CONFINED AREA TO CLB OUT QUICKLY ENOUGH TO CLR THE WIRE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE ANOTHER WIRE THAT ANGLED ALONG THE FIELD EDGE AND DIVERTED ATTN TO THE ROAD WHERE I WAS WATCHING FOR CAR TFC. ON TAKING THE WIRE OUT THE ACFT CONTINUED FLYING, I NOTIFIED WALLA WALLA TWR ASKING THEM TO CALL MY COMPANY TO CALL PWR COMPANY. THE FIRE DEPT SHOWED UP A FEW MINS LATER DIRECTING TFC AROUND THE DOWN WIRE. TO HAVE AVOIDED THE SIT I COULD HAVE RUN MY LOAD DOWN IN A MORE OPEN AREA AND WORKED OUT THIS AREA WHEN THE ACFT WAS LIGHTER.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.