# Accident 20130904018379A: Cessna 188B, Woodrow, SC, September 4, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2013, 19:45 local time
- Place: Woodrow, SC
- Airport: Billy Hopkins Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: B8HG
- Location: 34.0947° N, 80.3778° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0947&lon=-80.3778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59JK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59JK-2019-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 188B (registry code 2073007, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,249 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA410](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA410) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130904018379A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT FOOK OFF FROM A GRASS STRIP IN LYDIA, S.C. TO SPRAY A COTTON FIELD.  DURING SPRAYING THE FIELD THE PILOT PULLED UP TO TURN TO THE RIGHT AND APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL AND THE PEDAL BROKE OFF THE TUBE AND WENT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE HOPPER.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO FLY BACK TO HIS MAIN STRIP IN WOODROW, S.C.  AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IT BEGAN TO TURN TO THE LEFT DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO APPLY RIGHT RUDDER.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED INTO A SOYBEAN FIELD AND THE LANDING GEAR BROKE OFF AND THE WING STRUCK THE DIRT AND BENT JUST PAST MID WING. THE PILOT STATES THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THERE WAS ALSO A PROP STRIKE.

## 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 ERA13LA410](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA410), Sep 4, 2013: Cessna 188B (N59JK), Woodrow, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the right rudder pedal arm due to corrosion as a result of inadequate maintenance and inspection of the rudder pedal assembly.

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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