# Incident 20190508004179I: Cessna 188B, Hartville, MO, May 8, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2019, 17:50 local time
- Place: Hartville, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NEHG
- Location: 37.2503° N, 92.5134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hartville, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2503&lon=-92.5134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9292G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9292G) (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: 5,960 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190508004179I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING AN AERIAL AGRICULTURAL OPERATION WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A SMALL RESIDENTIAL POWERLINE WHILE MANEUVERING FOR SPRAY RUNS AT THE END OF THE PROPERTY MAKING A 180 DEGREE TURN. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE LINE WITH THE PROPELLER BLADE AND THE LINE WAS SEVERED. THE AIRCRAFT ABORTED AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS AND RETURNED TO BASE AND LANDED SAFELY. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A  SMALL NICKEL SIZED PORTION OF THE BLADE'S LEADING EDGE MISSING AND ROUGHLY ONE FOOT OF ABRASION DAMAGE AND A SMALL DENT TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING.

## Other reports on N9292G (1)

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

- [Accident 19750417009289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750417009289A), Apr 17, 1975: Cessna 188ACESSNA (N9292G), Greeley, CO, Substantial damage. Flt purpose was calibration of spray equipment. Load was 30GAL water. Gusting to 35K.

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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