# Accident 20060804017239A: Cessna A188B, Prentiss, MS, August 4, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2006, 10:00 local time
- Place: Prentiss, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: S3VG
- Location: 31.4564° N, 89.9000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4564&lon=-89.9000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86188, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86188-2013-07-29) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,525 total, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060804017239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 8, 2006, AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE JACKSON FSDO, BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ OF THE JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SOUTH OF PRENTISS, MS AT 1046 LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS A CESSNA 188, N86188, USED IN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION. THE PILOT WAS AIRLIFTED TO FOREST GENERAL HOSPITAL IN HATTIESBURG, MS, WHERE HE DIED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SPRAYING IN A FIELD SOUTH OF PRENTISS, MS. THE PILOT HAD JUST FINISHED SPRAYING AND WAS HEADED BACK TO HIS HOME BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR MORE CHEMICALS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ANOTHER WITNESS WERE ON SITE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE OWNER OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 300 FT., HEADED EAST AND THEN TURNED BACK TOWARDS THE WEST. THE OWNER COULD NOT CONFIRM IF THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING OR NOT, BUT HEARD THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE POPPING. THE AIRCRAFT OWNER THEN OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT TURN SOUTH AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 150 FT., AND THEN PLUNGE NOSE FIRST INTO A POND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE POND.

## 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 DFW06LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA195), Aug 4, 2006: Cessna A188B (N86188), Sumrall, MS, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing factors were the partial loss of engine power and the low altitude.

## Other reports on N86188 (1)

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

- [Incident 19870910055159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870910055159I), Sep 10, 1987: Cessna 188CESSNA (N86188), Englewood, KS, Minor damage. Struck the top of a tree on a pull up from a spray run. Remained airborne and returned to base. Damaged spray boom.

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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