# Accident 20020802020079A: Cessna A188B, Indianola, MS, August 2, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2002, 10:30 local time
- Place: Indianola, MS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.4447° N, 90.5858° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4447&lon=-90.5858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4723Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4723Q-2008-03-12) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 5,480 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020802020079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT IS AN AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER LINES WHILE PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATIONS. (.19) ON AUGUST 2, 2002, ABOUT 1030 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA A188B, N4723Q, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY VALLEY AIR APPLICATORS, INC., COLLIDED WITH AN UNMARKED POWER LINE DURING A SPRAY RUN NEAR INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 137 AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 1005, FROM THE INDIANOLA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, DURING A SPRAY RUN OF A COTTON FIELD, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH AN UNMARKED POWER LINE. THE PILOT THEN IMMEDIATELY LANDED IN THE COTTON FIELD. THE OPERATOR ALSO STATED THAT THE PILOT WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE FIELD HE WAS SPRAYING AND THOUGHT THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS CLEAR OF POWER LINES SO HE INITIATED A CLIMB, RESULTING IN THE CONTACT. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT APPROXIMATELY 1 FOOT OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER ASSEMBLY                                 WERE SEPARATED. ADDITIONALLY, ARCING WAS NOTED ON THE RIGHT WING LIFT STRUT, AND THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. (.4) ON AUGUST 2, 2002, ABOUT 1030 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA A188B, N4723Q, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY VALLEY AIR APPLICATORS, INC., COLLIDED WITH AN UNMARKED POWER LINE DURING A SPRAY RUN NEAR INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 137 AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 1005, FROM THE INDIANOLA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, DURING A SPRAY RUN OF A COTTON FIELD, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH AN UNMARKED POWER LINE. THE PILOT THEN IMMEDIATELY LANDED IN THE COTTON FIELD. THE OPERATOR ALSO STATED THAT THE PILOT WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE FIELD HE WAS SPRAYING AND THOUGHT THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS CLEAR OF POWER LINES SO HE INITIATED A CLIMB, RESULTING IN THE CONTACT. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT APPROXIMATELY 1 FOOT OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER ASSEMBLY W                                          ERE SEPARATED. ADDITIONALLY, ARCING WAS NOTED ON THE RIGHT WING LIFT STRUT, AND THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED.

## 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 MIA02LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA143), Aug 2, 2002: Cessna A188B (N4723Q), Indianola, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain clearance with a transmission wire resulting in the collision and substantial damage.

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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