# Incident 20070824020479I: Cessna A188B, Colorado City, TX, August 24, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2007, 20:12 local time
- Place: Colorado City, TX
- Airport: Colorado City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: V13G
- Location: 32.4683° N, 100.9211° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4683&lon=-100.9211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9561G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9561G) (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: 400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07IA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07IA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070824020479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A FATAL PROPELLER STRIKE OCCURRED WITH A 14 CFR PART 137 OPERATOR AT THE COLORADO CITY AIRPORT (T88), COLORADO CITY, TEXAS. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 2012 CDT ON AUGUST 24, 2007. THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED WAS N9561G, A CESSNA MODEL 188B. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRMAN HAD JUST LANDED AND WAS WAITING FOR ANOTHER AIRCRAFT TO FINISH LOADING CHEMICALS AND REPOSITION THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THIS TIME, THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TO TROUBLESHOOT THE ALTERNATOR, MAY HAVE SLIPPED AND STRUCK THE PROPELLER. ACCORDING TO THE WITNESS STATEMENT SUPPLIED BY THE COLORADO CITY POLICE, A LOUD THUMP WAS HEARD AND THE AIRCRAFT SHUTDOWN.

## 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 DFW07IA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07IA193), Aug 25, 2007: Cessna A188B (N9561G), Colorado City, TX, incident, no damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clear of the rotating propeller.

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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