# Incident 19790815031439I: Cessna A188B, Palmyra, IL, August 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: Palmyra, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 39.4345° N, 89.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmyra, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4345&lon=-89.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731BY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731BY-1980-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 188B (registry code 2073007, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,773 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790815031439I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

VERTICAL STABILIZER STRUCK WIRE AS SPRAY PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GO UNDER IT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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