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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna A188B · Suffolk, VA · August 6, 1996

Date
August 6, 1996 · 12:30 local
Place
Suffolk, VA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
OMBG
Aircraft
N4933R
Reported as
Cessna A188B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total100 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: the aircraft had been spraying pesticides on a cotton field for approximately 10 minutes when during a descent, the landing gear strut hit an electric wire. The wire was cut by the landing gear wire strut cutter. However, causing no damage to the aircraft and no other property damage. The plane continued spraying the field until its weight was reduced enough to land safely at the Suffolk municipal airport. The pilot contacted Virginia power. The pilot was counseled as to proper methods of scouting fields prior to spraying. Incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN SPRAYING PESTICIDES ON A COTTON FIELD FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES WHEN DURING A DESCENT, THE LANDING GEAR STRUT HIT AN ELECTRIC WIRE. THE WIRE WAS CUT BY THE LANDING GEAR WIRE STRUT CUTTER. HOWEVER, CAUSING NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE PLANE CONTINUED SPRAYING THE FIELD UNTIL ITS WEIGHT WAS REDUCED ENOUGH TO LAND SAFELY AT THE SUFFOLK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT CONTACTED VIRGINIA POWER. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED AS TO PROPER METHODS OF SCOUTING FIELDS PRIOR TO SPRAYING. INCIDENT CLOSED.