# Accident 20001019017209A: Cessna A188B, Stanton, TX, October 19, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2000, 11:25 local time
- Place: Stanton, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: TJPG
- Location: 32.1202° N, 101.7897° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1202&lon=-101.7897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53211, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53211) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001019017209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 19, 2000 AT 11:25 AM LOCAL TIME A CESSNA A188B, N53211 WAS DESTROYED AFTER STRIKING A POWER TRANSMISSION LINE AND IMPACTED THE FROUND. THE PILOT HAD SPENT 31 MINUTES SPRAYING THIS 124 ACRE COTTON FIELD, USING EAST TO WEST PASSES AND AVOIDING A DOUBLE SET OF POWER TRANSMISSION LINES WHICH RAN FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. THE SPOTTER FROM THE BOLL WEEVIL ERDAICATION PROGRAM REPORTED THAT THE A/C WAS CLIMBING OUT AFTER COMPLETING A FINAL SOUTH BOUND TRIM PASS WHEN THE WING CLIPPED THE SECOND (SOUTH) SET OF TRANSMISSION LINES, FLIPPED OVER AND CRASHED ABOUT 450 FEET SOUTH FO THE POWERLINES. THE PILOT WAS SEVERLY INJURED, BUT SURVIVED THE CRASH. THE GPS GROUND TRACK SHOW THAT THE PILOT HAD BEEN WORKING ON BOTH SIDES OF A DOUBLE SET OF POWER TRANSMISSION LINES THAT CROSSED THE COTTON FIELD HE WAS WORKING. HE HAD PLANNED TO FLY BELOW THE TRANSMISSION WIRES, WHICH WERE 80 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, DURING HIS FINAL TRIM PASS. THE FILED IS L SHAPED, MISSING THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT, AND REQUIRED 6 TRIM PASSES; THE FIRST 3 WERE SOUTH AND NORTH PASSES FOLLOWED BY EAST TO WEST THEN FINISHING WITH TWO PASSES IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH DIRECTIONS. CON  CENTRATING ON FLYING A COMPLEX CLEAN UP OR TRIM PATTERN, HE LOST TRACK OF THE OBSTACLES IN THE FIELD. HE PASSED UNDER ONLY ONE SET OF POWERLINES AND FORGOT THE SECOND SET WAS THERE, THE OVERCAST SKY DID NOT HELP PROVIDE THE CONTRAST TO SPOT THOSE WIRES.

## 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 FTW01LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA012), Oct 19, 2000: Cessna 188B (N53211), Stanton, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain clearance with the power lines, while maneuvering during an aerial application flight.

## Other reports on N53211 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19750907030949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750907030949A), Sep 7, 1975: Cessna A188B (N53211), Ft Collins, CO, Substantial damage. Plt ferried acft to wash facility. Lnd in recently disked fld.

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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