# Incident 19960723025509I: Cessna A188B, Willard, MT, July 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1996, 07:30 local time
- Place: Willard, MT
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RUNG
- Location: 46.1939° N, 104.3699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willard, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1939&lon=-104.3699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92593, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92593) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 182 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960723025509I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 7, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 0730, A CESSNA 188, N92593, PILOTED BY BYRON F. WOLENTZ, WAS TAKING OFF AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN WILLARD, MONTANA TO DO AERIAL APPLICATION. THE RIGHT WING SPRAY BOOM CAME IN CONTACT WITH STANDING WHEAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE OPERATOR PULLED POWER OFF THE ENGINE AND AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND. DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE LEFT WING TIP. THE MECHANIC WHO PERFORMS MAINTENANCE ON THE AIRCRAFT ADVISED IT WAS REPAIRABLE DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THIS TOOK PLACE AT THE T-BAR-T RANCH.

## Other reports on N92593 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840328007629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840328007629A), Mar 28, 1984: Cessna A188B (N92593), Hardin, MT, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft during landing roll and ground loop occurred.

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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