- Date
- August 17, 1985, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Winterville, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4762QCessna A-188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850817039519A
- Case key
- 6857
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Pull-up - excessiveCause
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
During pull-up from a swath, the acft stalled & descenced into trees. The plt related that he pulled up into a tight turn causing the acft to stall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4762Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A-188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802512T
- Airframe hours
- 3,187
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Gordon Robert Boozer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 665 total · 275 in this make and model · 555 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.