# Accident 20050624011879A: Cessna A188B, Piggott, AR, June 24, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2005, 17:40 local time
- Place: Piggott, AR
- Airport: Piggott Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZGLG
- Location: 36.3782° N, 90.1662° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIGGOTT MUNI (7M7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3782&lon=-90.1662&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9071R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9071R-2008-06-06) (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 IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 225 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050624011879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCIDENT & FIRE THAT DESTROYED AIRCRAFT FATAL TO PILOT ON 6/23/05 1740 CST. AIRCRAFT N9071R, A CESSNA MODEL CE-188-A188B, DEPARTED A PRIVATE STRIP OF M&W FLYING SERVICE NEAR KENNETT, MO WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ WAS 25 YEARS OLD AND HAD A TOTAL OF 225 HOURS FLYING EXPERIENCE. AIRCRAFT WAS SPRAYING A COTTON PATCH. HE MADE A SPRAY RUN FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST AND PULLED UP OVER A LEVIE AND GROVE OF TREES. THERE WAS AN ELECTRIC WIRE NEAR THE AREA RUNNING EAST TO WEST. A WITNESS SAW THE AIRCRAFT GOING TO THE WEST GO UP ALMOST STRAIGHT UP, IT APPEARED TO THE WITNESS THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CAME STRAIGHT DOWN NOSE FIRST. THE FIRE BROKE OUT AFTER IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N9071R (1)

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

- [Incident 19790919023959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790919023959I), Sep 19, 1979: Cessna A188B (N9071R), Statesboro, GA, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control after touchdown.

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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