# Incident 19970804027419I: Cessna A188B, Enfield, NC, August 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1997, 07:30 local time
- Place: Enfield, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.1799° N, 77.6690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Enfield, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1799&lon=-77.6690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4903Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4903Q-2003-12-10) (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: 11,100 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970804027419I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 4, 1997, MR. FELL WAS FLYING HIS CESSNA 188 AG TRUCK PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATION IN A SMALL FIELD NEAR JACKSON, NC. THE FIELD IS LOCATED OFF COUNTY ROAD 1311, WEST OF HIGHWAY 158 IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. MR. FELL WAS FLYING A RACETRACK PATTERN OVER THE FIELD. AT THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST PASS, MR. FELL FLEW UNDER A 40' POWERLINE WHICH WAS LOCATED NEAR THE END OF THE FIELD. ON HIS SECOND PASS, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK ONE OF THE WIRES. THE WIRE FIRST STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD AND THEN FOLLOWED THE DEFLECTOR WIRE UP TO THE TAIL. THE WINDSHIELD, WIRE DEFLECTOR, AND THE TOP OF THE TAIL (RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILIZER) WERE DAMAGED. AFTER WIRE STRIKE, MR. FELL ASSESSED HIS DAMAGE AND CONTINUED FLIGHT TO TARBORO AIRPORT LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 30 STATUTE MILES TO THE SOUTH.

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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