Small aircraft aerial application pilot hit an electrical wire while crop spraying.

Attributes
ACN	578203
Time
Date	200304
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl single value : 12
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	other : part 137
Flight Phase	cruise : level descent : approach other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 3100 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	578203
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters other non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Arrived at target field, circled, saw wires running across field 400 ft in from end. Descended into field for first pass next to woods, looking at utility pole at edge of woods. Struck electrical wire. There were 2 utility poles along edge of woods. I was looking at the wrong pole. The pole closer to me that I did not see was the pole that had the wires that ran across the field.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA AERIAL APPLICATION PLT HIT AN ELECTRICAL WIRE WHILE CROP SPRAYING.

Narrative: ARRIVED AT TARGET FIELD, CIRCLED, SAW WIRES RUNNING ACROSS FIELD 400 FT IN FROM END. DSNDED INTO FIELD FOR FIRST PASS NEXT TO WOODS, LOOKING AT UTILITY POLE AT EDGE OF WOODS. STRUCK ELECTRICAL WIRE. THERE WERE 2 UTILITY POLES ALONG EDGE OF WOODS. I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG POLE. THE POLE CLOSER TO ME THAT I DID NOT SEE WAS THE POLE THAT HAD THE WIRES THAT RAN ACROSS THE FIELD.

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.