# Accident 20140816012849A: Cessna T188C, Hearne, TX, August 16, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2014, 09:45 local time
- Place: Hearne, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RRPG
- Location: 30.8708° N, 96.5904° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8708&lon=-96.5904&mi=10
- Aircraft: N878C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N878C-2018-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T188C (registry code 2073012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-T (registry code 17269, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T188C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 29,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA480](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA480) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140816012849A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON A SPRAY RUN AND CONTACTED CROP.  HEAVY FRICTION WITH MILO HEADS DECELERATED THE AIRCRAFT AS IT STRUCK A SIX STRAND BARBED WIRE FENCE AND METAL POST WITH LEFT WING, NO WIRES WERE BROKEN.  AS IT EXITED FIELD, IT CROSSED FM 485 AIRBORNE AND STRUCK ANOTHER BARBED WIRE FENCE SNAPPING TOP WIRE IN FIELD ACROSS THE ROAD.  THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED GROUND.  AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER SHEARING THE PROPELLER AND COWLING THEN GROUND LOOPED AND CAME TO REST FACING THE DIRECTION IT TRAVELED.  AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CEN14LA480](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA480), Aug 16, 2014: Cessna 188 (N878C), Hearne, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a crop.

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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