# Accident 20070808015489A: Cessna A188B, Garden City, TX, August 8, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2007, 08:15 local time
- Place: Garden City, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: BRUG
- Location: 31.8194° N, 101.4789° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8194&lon=-101.4789&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4827J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4827J-2007-11-07) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,296 total, 885 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070808015489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 8, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 0815 CDT, N4827J, A CESSNA CE-188-A188B, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IMPACTED TERRAIN NEAR GARDEN CITY, TEXAS. WHILE CROP DUSTING, THE PILOT HIT A COTTON TRAILER LOCATED IN AN ARROYO CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO IMPACT THE GROUND, COMING TO REST IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION ON TOP OF A KNOLL. THE AIRCRAFT WEAS SPRAYING WEST TO EAST AND WAS COMPLETING A TURN WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. POWER LINES WERE LOCATED PERPENDICULAR TO THE CRASH SITE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CARRYING A COMMERCIAL CHEMICAL FERTILIZER WHICH HAD LEAKED ONTO THE CRASH SITE DUE TO A RUPTURED HOLDING TANK. NO FUEL WAS EVIDENCED IN THE RIGHT TANK, AND TRACE AMOUNTS WERE PRESENT IN THE LEFT TANK. THE INVESTIGATORS DID NOT DETECT FUEL SPILLAGE AT THE SITE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE WINGS, FUSELAGE, AND CANOPY. THE ENGINE WAS TORN FROM THE AIRFRAME AND THE PROPELLER BLADES SHOWED EVIDENCE OF TWISTING INDICATING THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING POWER UPON IMPACT. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, WAS ABLE TO EXTRICATE HIMSELF FROM THE WRECKAGE AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO A MIDLAND, TEXAS HOSPITAL.

## 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 DFW07CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA181), Aug 8, 2007: Cessna A188B (N4827J), Garden City, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the ground equipment while maneuvering. A contributing factor was the power lines along the pilot's application path.

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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