# Incident 19960806030399I: Cessna A188B, Suffolk, VA, August 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1996, 12:30 local time
- Place: Suffolk, VA
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: OMBG
- Location: 36.7282° N, 76.5836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Suffolk, VA, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7282&lon=-76.5836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4933R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4933R-2013-11-12) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 100 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960806030399I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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