# Accident 20080728841719A: Cessna T188C, Mt Vernon, IA, July 28, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2008, 16:00 local time
- Place: Mt Vernon, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 1JRG
- Location: 42.0250° N, 91.5211° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0250&lon=-91.5211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3419J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3419J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T188C (registry code 2073012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T188C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 373 total, 28 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080728841719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD JUST COMPLETED A SPRAY PASS ON A CORNFIELD.  WHEN HE TURNED TO MAKE ANOTHER SPRAY PASS, HE ENCOUNTERED A TAIL WIND.  UPON ENCOUNTERING THE TAIL WIND, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER FROM THE STALL WITH FULL POWER BUT IMPACTED THE GROUND.  THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED FIRST.

## 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 CHI08CA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA218), Jul 28, 2008: Cessna T188C (N3419J), Marion, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining airspeed while performing an aerial application maneuver and the inadvertent stall he encountered. Contributing to the accident was the gust of wind during the maneuver.

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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