# Accident 20260523010489A: Cessna A188B, Doe Run, GA, May 23, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2026, 15:00 local time
- Place: Doe Run, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: FQOG
- Location: 31.3484° N, 83.8983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3484&lon=-83.8983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8288G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8288G) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260523010489A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM A GRASS STRIP AND TURNED IN THE DIRTECTION OF THE CORN FIELD HE WAS GOING TO SPRAY. AT 200 FEET AGL HE SET THE POWER AND NOTICED THAT HIS FUEL PRESSURE WAS DECLINING. HE ACTIVATED HIS ELECTRIC BOOST PUMP AND THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALTITUDE, IMPACTED TREES, AND CAME TO REST IN A CORN FIELD. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY SOUL ONBOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE LEFT WING WAS MOSTLY RIPPED OFF THE AIRCRAFT, THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE FIREWALL, ENGINE, AND PROPELLER WERE RIPPED OFF THE FUSELAGE.

## 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 ERA26LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA216), May 23, 2026: Cessna A188B (N8288G), Doerun, GA, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N8288G (1)

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

- [Incident 20100819041549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100819041549I), Aug 19, 2010: Cessna A188B (N8288G), Beaumont, TX, Minor damage. While aerial spraying for mosquitoes 16 miles west of Beaumont, Texas a Cessna CE-188B struck a large bird. The bird broke thru the aircraft's windshield and…

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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