# Accident 19950813023079A: Cessna A188B, Muscle Shoals, AL, August 13, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1995, 17:20 local time
- Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RYIG
- Location: 34.7403° N, 87.6409° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7403&lon=-87.6409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4940R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4940R-2012-12-18) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA95LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950813023079A

## Narrative

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

TAIL CAUGHT A POWER LINE DESCENDING TO SPRAY FIELD. CRASHED 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 MIA95LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA204), Aug 13, 1995: Cessna A188B (N4940R), Muscle Shoals, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT TO SEE-AND-AVOID ELECTRICAL POWER LINES, WHILE APPROACHING A FIELD FOR AERIAL APPLICATION.

## Other reports on N4940R (1)

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

- [Accident 19900711025309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900711025309A), Jul 11, 1990: Cessna A188B (N4940R), Michigan, ND, Substantial damage. Caught spray boom in wheat on edge off runway and ground looped while landing on ag strip.

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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