# Incident 20240820021112I: Cessna A188B, Savanna, IL, August 20, 2024 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 20, 2024, 17:45 local time - Place: Savanna, IL - Airport: Tri-Township Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Collision: Collision on the ground - Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: 4DJG - Location: 42.0458° N, 90.1079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-TOWNSHIP (SFY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0458&lon=-90.1079&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4765Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4765Q) (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 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student - Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 300 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240820021112I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON AUGUST 20, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 0700 CDT, A COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS OPERATING A CESSNA A188B, FROM TRI-TOWNSHIP AIRPORT (KSFY) IN SAVANNA, IL FOR THE PURPOSE OF AERIAL APPLICATION. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) AND USING VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR). THE NEAREST AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION STATION (AWOS) REPORTED CALM WINDS AND SCATTERED TO BROKEN CEILINGS. KSFY 201743 AUTO 03003KT !0SM SCT033 BKN048 22113 A3028 RMK AO2. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE PIC’S AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE SECOND AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) WAS CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION FOR A 14 CFR PART 137 OPERATOR OUT OF KSFY. THE PIC NEEDED FUEL AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI TO A FUEL TRUCK SET UP FOR HOT REFUELING FOR THE AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT PARTICIPATING IN THE OPERATION. THE PIC WAS NUMBER TWO IN LINE FOR FUEL. HE NOTICED THAT THE GROUND CREW FUELING THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM APPEARED TO BE HAVING ISSUED GETTING THE FUEL TRUCK TO DISPENSE FUEL. THE PIC DEPLANED TO ASSIST THE GROUND CREW IN FUELING THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM. THE PIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, POWER WAS SET TO IDLE, AND THE PARKING BRAKE WAS SET PRIOR TO HIM DEPLANING TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. THE PIC WAS OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE. HE TURNED AROUND TO OBSERVE HIS AIRCRAFT MOVING ACROSS THE RAMP UNDER ITS OWN POWER AND STRIKING A NEARBY PARKED AIRCRAFT THAT WAS UNOCCUPIED. THE PIC AND GROUND CREW APPROACHED THE TWO AIRCRAFT AND ASSESSED THE SITUATION. THE PIC’S ENGINE WAS NO LONGER OPERATING DUE TO DAMAGE SUSTAINED IN THE COLLISION. THE PIC AND GROUND CREW ATTEMPTED TO RELOCATE THE AIRCRAFT INTO A PARKING SPOT BY PUSHING IT, HOWEVER THE BRAKES STILL HAD PRESSURE AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO MOVE IT. THE PIC THEN ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT, RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKE AND RELOCATED THE AIRCRAFT. A POST INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM DID NOT REVEAL ANY ABNORMALITIES. FSDO INCIDENT NUMBER FOR THIS EVENT IS: IGL0320240117 ATQA INCIDENT NUMBER FOR THIS EVENT IS: AGL0324014 SAS RECORD NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT IS: GL03202405201 ## Other aircraft in the event - N83DZ, Raytheon Aircraft Company G36: no report for this aircraft; [N83DZ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83DZ) is registered now 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.