# Accident 20090423007879A: Cessna A188B, Pinehurst, GA, April 23, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2009, 10:00 local time
- Place: Pinehurst, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: LLUG
- Location: 32.2064° N, 83.7864° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2064&lon=-83.7864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4789Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4789Q-2015-09-21) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA258) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090423007879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT ON A COMMERCIAL FLIGHT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT A PRIVATE TURF AIRSTRIP NEAR PINEHURST, GEORGIA.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN LONG HEADING NORTH, TOWARD THE EXTREME LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, IMPACTED BUSHES BEFORE CROSSING A SMALL PARALLEL DIRT ROAD DRAINAGE DITCH, AND OVERTURNED ONTO THE DIRT ROAD WEST OF THE RUNWAY COMING TO REST INVERTED.  THE PILOT WAS WEARING HARNESSES AND A HELMET, BUT WAS FOUND DECEASED AT THE SCENE.  THERE WAS NO FIRE.

## 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 ERA09LA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA258), Apr 23, 2009: Cessna A188B (N4789Q), Pinehurst, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control for undetermined reasons.

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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