# Accident 20070716013709A: Cessna A188A, New Hartford, MO, July 16, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2007
- Place: New Hartford, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RHJG
- Location: 39.1500° N, 91.2167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1500&lon=-91.2167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4412Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4412Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188A (registry code 2073008, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 12,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070716013709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT SAID HE "LOST AIR." HE SAID HE WAS FINISHING A LEVEL TURN TO RETURN TO THE FIELD HE WAS SPRAYING WHEN THE AIRPLANE CLIPPED A TREE. THE PILOT SAID THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PRODUCING THE LIFT AT FULL POWER TO CLIMB ABOVE THE TREES AT THE FAR END OF THE FIELD HE WAS SPRAYING, SO HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO THE FIELD OF STANDING CORN. THE RESULT OF THE LANDING WAS DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR, PROPELLER AND ENGINE DAMAGE, DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WINGS AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## 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 CHI07CA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA218), Jul 16, 2007: Cessna 188A (N4412Q), New Hartford, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the tree line during the turn between aerial application passes. The low altitude, the downdraft encountered by the pilot, and the trees were…

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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