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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A188B · Dansville, NY · May 26, 2012

Date
May 26, 2012 · 11:15 local
Place
Dansville, NY
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
WD8G
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9629G
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12LA365
Reported as
Cessna A188B
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total500 in this make and model20 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.

After making an aerial application heading west the airplane loss engine power and crashed into the trees. The pilot had only minor injures and the airplane has sustantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER MAKING AN AERIAL APPLICATION HEADING WEST THE AIRPLANE LOSS ENGINE POWER AND CRASHED INTO THE TREES. THE PILOT HAD ONLY MINOR INJURES AND THE AIRPLANE HAS SUSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.