# Accident 20000929015679A: Cessna A188B, Stanton, TX, September 29, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2000, 10:37 local time
- Place: Stanton, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: BRUG
- Location: 32.1317° N, 101.7925° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stanton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1317&lon=-101.7925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4983Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4983Q-2001-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA270) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000929015679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE A/C WAS CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATION IN THE AREA EAST OF STANTON, TEXAS. EYE WITNESSES STATED THAT THE A/C WAS SPRAYING THE COTTON FIELD JUST SOUTH OF A 180 FOOT TALL COMMUNICATIONS TOWER AT 145 FEET AGL AND BECAME ENTANGLED WITH TWO GUY WIRES CAUSING THE A/C TO STRIKE THE GROUND AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THE A/C THEN BURST INTO FLAMES AND WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED BY THE FIRE. THE PILOT DID NOT SURVIVE THE ACCIDENT. CAUSE OF DEATH WAS MASSIVE BURNS AND INTERNAL INJURIES TO THE BODY. THE FATAL INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED DURING THE A/C ACCIDENT.

## 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 FTW00LA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA270), Sep 29, 2000: Cessna 188B (N4983Q), Stanton, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from guy wires and tower.

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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