# Accident 20120526010769A: Cessna A188B, Dansville, NY, May 26, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2012, 11:15 local time
- Place: Dansville, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: WD8G
- Location: 42.4708° N, 77.7189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4708&lon=-77.7189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9629G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9629G) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA365) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120526010769A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA12LA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA365), May 26, 2012: Cessna A188B (N9629G), Dansville, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

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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