# Accident 19950729020959A: Cessna A188A, Bremen, ND, July 29, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1995, 09:00 local time
- Place: Bremen, ND
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: LMJG
- Location: 47.7467° N, 99.3868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bremen, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7467&lon=-99.3868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9980G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9980G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188A (registry code 2073008, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950729020959A

## Narrative

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

SETTLED ON SPRAY RUN. TRIED LAND FULL POWER. HIT FENCE POST. WAS WELL OVER GROSS WEIGHT. FAILED DUMP LOAD. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT, OPERATED UNDER FAR 137 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHEMICAL APPLICATION TO A FIELD, STRUCK A FENCE POST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SWATH RUN OF THE DAY. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS A FATOR, AS WELL AS THE HEAVILY  LOADED AIRCRAFT AND THE PILOTS RELATIVE INEXPERIENCE IN THIS AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED INTO THE FIELD, WHERE IT CRASHED AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE PILOT ESCAPED WITH NO INJURIES.

## 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 CHI95LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA241), Jul 29, 1995: Cessna 188 (N9980G), Bremen, ND, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate preflight planning. Deteriating aircraft performance was a factor.

## Other reports on N9980G (1)

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

- [Incident 19860527030129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860527030129I), May 27, 1986: Cessna A188A (N9980G), Watertown, SD, Minor damage. During a swath run, the leading edge of the wing hit a tree stump.

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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