# Accident 20160916023089A: Cessna A188, Alapaha, GA, September 16, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2016, 09:15 local time
- Place: Alapaha, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.4342° N, 83.1739° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4342&lon=-83.1739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3547Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3547Q-2019-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188 (registry code 2073004, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 518 total, 202 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16FA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA316) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160916023089A

## Narrative

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

ON 09/16/2016, ABOUT 09:15, AIRCRAFT N3547Q A CESSNA A188, S/N 188-0497, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND WHILE PERFORMING AGRICULTURAL MANEUVERS IN ALAPAHA, GA. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BERRIEN COUNTY AIRPORT  (4J2), NASHVILLE, GA AND WAS THE SECOND RUN OF THREE FOR THE DAY ACCORDING TO HIS GROUND ASSISTANT. THE FIRST FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 07:30 THAT MORNING FROM 4J2 AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER TO BE SERVICED WITH MORE CHEMICAL AND FUEL. THE ASSISTANT STATES THAT THE PILOT CLAIMED THAT EVERYTHING SEEMED GOOD AND PUT 150 GALLONS OF INSECTICIDE IN THE HOPPER AND TOPPED OFF THE FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AT 0855. ACCORDING TO TWO WITNESSES, THEY EACH STATE THAT THEY HEARD THE AIRCRAFT FLYING ALL AROUND THEIR PROPERTIES AT AROUND 0915 AND THEN THEY BOTH STATE THAT THE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT STOPPED AND THEN HEARD THE SOUND OF THE IMPACT. NEITHER WITNESS OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT.

## 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 ERA16FA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA316), Sep 16, 2016: Cessna A188 (N3547Q), Alapaha, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering at low altitude during aerial application operations, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and…

## Other reports on N3547Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19950803031089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950803031089I), Aug 3, 1995: Cessna A188 (N3547Q), Carlinville, IL, Minor damage. Eight inches prop blade separated. Landed in cornfield. Fatigue crack failure.

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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