# Accident 19980622014929A: Cessna 188B, South Haven, MI, June 22, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1998, 21:15 local time
- Place: South Haven, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RCDG
- Location: 42.4007° N, 86.2697° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4007&lon=-86.2697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9209R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9209R-2004-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 188B (registry code 2073007, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO470S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 338 total, 32 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA214) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980622014929A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON JUNE 21, 1998, AT 2115 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 188B, N9209R, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON IMPACT WITH THE TERRAIN WHILE MAKING A SWATH RUN NEAR SOUTH HAVEN, MICHIGAN. THE PILOT SAID THAT THE SPRAY RIG FOR DISPENSING CHEMICALS CAUGHT IN THE BUSHES AND THE AIRPLANE WAS PULLED INTO TREES AND THE TERRAIN.  THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE 14 CFR PART 137 AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT WHICH DEPARTED SOUTH HAVEN ABOUT 2100.                                                           (.4)WHILE CONDUCTING AN AERIAL APPLICATION MANEUVER THE AIRPLANE'S SPRAY RIG CAUGHT IN BUSHES AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO IT IMPACTING THE TREES AND THE TERRAIN.  AFTER THE ACCIDENT AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE FAILED TO REVEAL ANY PRE-ACCIDENT ANOMALIES WHICH WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.                                 (-23) SPRAYING BLUEBERRY FIELD, TOO CLOSE TO CROP, BOOMS CAUGHT IN THE BUSHES, PULLED AIRPLANE INTO THE FIELD.

## 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 CHI98LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA214), Jun 22, 1998: Cessna 188B (N9209R), South Haven, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot misjudging his distance and not maintaining the proper altitude. A factor was trees.

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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