- Date
- September 21, 1985, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Baxley, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N84284Cessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850921046869A
- Case key
- 6877
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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.
Nose over
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequateCause
Planning/decision - inadequateCause
Expectancy
Terrain condition - open fieldFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Habit interference
Terrain condition - cropFactor
Analysis
Plt attempted ldg in cultivated field after sowing load of rye grass seed. Grnd was soft and wheel dug in and acft nosed over. Plt was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84284
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801373T
- Airframe hours
- 2,367
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Appling Ag. Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 28, 1985 · 125 hours before
- Departed
- 30J · Baxley, GA
N84284Registration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Cessna A188BAirframe modelCessna A188BEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 953 total · 120 in this make and model · 940 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 5 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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 N84284 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.