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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 188 · Hopewell, NY · August 7, 2010

Date
August 7, 2010 · 10:00 local
Place
Hopewell, NY
Airport
Finger Lakes
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
WD8G
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5543S
Reported as
Cessna 188
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total150 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was crop dusting in a Cessna 188 ag-wagon in the town of Hopewell NY( cananadaigua. He said that he had just completed his last pass and encountered turbulence. His landing gear and spray boom got caught in the corn and he could not pull up and made a landing in the corn. The leading edges were damaged and the prop was bent

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS CROP DUSTING IN A CESSNA 188 AG-WAGON IN THE TOWN OF HOPEWELL NY( CANANADAIGUA. HE SAID THAT HE HAD JUST COMPLETED HIS LAST PASS AND ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE. HIS LANDING GEAR AND SPRAY BOOM GOT CAUGHT IN THE CORN AND HE COULD NOT PULL UP AND MADE A LANDING IN THE CORN. THE LEADING EDGES WERE DAMAGED AND THE PROP WAS BENT