20190521004959I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A188B · Wooster, OH · May 21, 2019

Date
May 21, 2019 · 23:30 local
Place
Wooster, OH
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
VJMG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9286R
Reported as
Cessna A188B
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,355 total2,830 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Part 137 pilot completed spraying field and was completing end pass and as he entered one of the small fields he sighted the close proximity to a set of farm wires and immediately stopped spraying and pulled up abruptly but unfortunately went through and cut the wire. There was no indication of any major damage to aircraft, aircraft returned to home base without further incidents.

As the FAA filed it

PART 137 PILOT COMPLETED SPRAYING FIELD AND WAS COMPLETING END PASS AND AS HE ENTERED ONE OF THE SMALL FIELDS HE SIGHTED THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A SET OF FARM WIRES AND IMMEDIATELY STOPPED SPRAYING AND PULLED UP ABRUPTLY BUT UNFORTUNATELY WENT THROUGH AND CUT THE WIRE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY MAJOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO HOME BASE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENTS.