# Accident 19900911038909A: Cessna A188B, Aiken, SC, September 11, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1990, 09:30 local time
- Place: Aiken, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: BFGG
- Location: 33.5402° N, 81.7206° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5402&lon=-81.7206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9422R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9422R-1992-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,589 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL90DLG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90DLG02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900911038909A

## Narrative

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

PULLED UP AFTER A SPRAY RUN AND COLLIDED WITH A POWERLINE. ROLLED AND CRASHED INVERTED AND BURNED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL90DLG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90DLG02), Sep 11, 1990: Cessna A188B (N9422R), Aiken, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DELAYED PULL-UP DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION SWATH WHICH RESULTED IN THE COLLISION WITH A STATIC WIRE ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES.

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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