- Date
- June 27, 1985, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Marks, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4905QCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850627031539A
- Case key
- 6660
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that while he was on an aerial application flt, a rain storm suddenly began & forced him to quickly return & land. He reported that the rain was so heavy that he could only see straight down. He contacted his ground crew & asked them to help (talk) him down onto a road that was being used as a landing area. During the landing, the ground crew saw a person on a bicycle & told the plt to 'pick up.' The plt tried to clear over the cyclist, but the acft still had about 1/2 of its load & was too slow to climb. The left wing hit the cyclist on the head & seriously injured him.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4905Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802640T
- Airframe hours
- 966
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- William Diffee, doing business as Diffee Flying Service
- Registered owner
- William Diffee, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 28, 1985 · 107 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 4,062 in this make and model · 109 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 3 knots, gusting 5
- Lowest ceiling
- 450 ft
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4905Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.