# Incident 20100819041549I: Cessna A188B, Beaumont, TX, August 19, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2010, 19:25 local time
- Place: Beaumont, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KFVG
- Location: 30.0860° N, 94.1018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaumont, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0860&lon=-94.1018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8288G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8288G) (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 MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100819041549I

## Narrative

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

WHILE AERIAL SPRAYING FOR MOSQUITOES 16 MILES WEST OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS A CESSNA CE-188B STRUCK A LARGE BIRD. THE BIRD BROKE THRU THE AIRCRAFT'S WINDSHIELD AND BENT THE CANOPY FRAME. PILOT RETURNED AND LANDED AT KBPT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PILOT RECIEVED MINOR SCRATHES ON HIS FACE FROM DEBRIS.

## Other reports on N8288G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20260523010489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260523010489A), May 23, 2026: Cessna A188B (N8288G), Doe Run, GA, Substantial damage. The pilot took off from a grass strip and turned in the dirtection of the corn field he was going to spray. At 200 feet AGL he set the power and noticed that…

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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