# Accident 20200727009429A: Cessna A188B, Parkston, SD, July 27, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2020, 10:45 local time
- Place: Parkston, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 7CLG
- Location: 43.4283° N, 98.2444° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4283&lon=-98.2444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53163, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53163-2021-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 316 total, 47 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA309) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200727009429A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 27TH 2020, AT 10:45 AM, A CESSNA CE188 AG WAGON, OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT WHILE OUT SPRAYING CROPS. WEATHER  WAS CLEAR, WITH 2-3 MPH WINDS. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VFR CONDITIONS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE PILOT HELD A COMMERCIAL PILOTS LICENSE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE CORSICA SD AIRFIELD ON JULY 27, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1025AM.

## 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 CEN20LA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA309), Jul 27, 2020: Cessna A188 (N53163), Corsica, SD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of 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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