# Accident 19930605017419A: Cessna A188B, Centre, AL, June 5, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1993, 07:30 local time
- Place: Centre, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.1501° N, 85.6701° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1501&lon=-85.6701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91676, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91676-2013-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,572 total, 222 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL93LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930605017419A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH TREE TOP ON PULLUP FROM SPRAY RUN. BLINDED BY DEBRIS HIT MORE TREES AND IMPACTED GROUND.

## 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 ATL93LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA106), Jun 5, 1993: Cessna A188B (N91676), Centre, AL, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM TREES DURING AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION MANEUVERING. FACTORS WERE THE TREES IN THE VICINITY OF THE PLANNED FLIGHT PATH.

## Other reports on N91676 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19870209018539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870209018539I), Feb 9, 1987: Cessna A188B (N91676), Hallett, OK, Minor damage. Loud noise and loss of power during spray operation. Forced landing. Found a piston rod end cap had failed

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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