# NTSB Accident SEA01LA055
> **Grumman-Schweizer G-164A** · 2001-02-28 · Waitsburg, WA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA01LA055
- **Event ID:** 20010307X00556
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-02-28
- **Location:** Waitsburg, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 46.208332, -118.275001
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Grumman-Schweizer
- **Model:** G-164A
- **Registration:** N48651
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the power lines during a pull-up, resulting in an in-flight collision with the lines, loss of control and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.  Contributing factors were the power lines and the pilot's degraded visual detection due to the background terrain.

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