- Date
- July 24, 1980
- Place
- Yazoo City, MS · YAZOO CITY, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N53117Cessna A188B
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800724029999A
- Case key
- 129731
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0954 80/7/24 NR.YAZOO CITY,MS CESSNA A188B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 10000 TIME - 0645 N53117 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAYDAY PLANTATION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YAZOO CITY,MS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 6000 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- MADE FORCED LNDG IN SOFT,WET BEAN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53117
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mayday Plantation
N53117Registration cancelled Nov 1, 2016 · Cessna A188BAirframe modelCessna A188BEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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