# Accident 20190714022889A: Cessna T188C, Knox, IN, July 14, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2019, 19:30 local time
- Place: Knox, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2942° N, 86.6225° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2942&lon=-86.6225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2863J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2863J-2020-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T188C (registry code 2073012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T188C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 453 total, 119 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190714022889A

## Narrative

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

THREE WITNESS STATEMENTS AGREE THAT THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING SPRAY PASSES OVER THE RUNWAY.  LAST PASS WAS FROM WEST TO EAST.  PILOT PULLED UP ABRUPTLY AND ENTERED A STEEP TURN WITH LOW ENERGY AND SPEED.  HE LEVELED THE WINGS BRIEFLY AND REESTABLISHED THE TURN.  THE PLANE THEN DESCENDED IN A 60-70 DEGREE BANK TO THE SURFACE.  THE AIRPLANE WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT WAS UNCONSCIOUS.  HE SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.

## 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 CEN19LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA225), Jul 14, 2019: Cessna T188 (N2863J), Knox, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of airplane control.

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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