# NTSB ATL86LA244: Cessna A188B, N9351R, Screven, GA, September 6, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 6, 1986, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Screven, GA
- Coordinates: 31.480878, -82.009651 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4809&lon=-82.0097&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7180
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LA244
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7180/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA244

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS MAKING A LANDING ON AN UNPAVED ROAD NEAR THE AERIAL APPLICATION SITE. HE REPORTED THAT THE SPRAY BOOM CONTACTED PEANUT VINES CAUSING THE ACFT TO GROUND LOOP. THE PLT STATED THAT HE 'MIGHT HAVE HAD A SMALL BANK TO THE RIGHT' AT THE TIME. THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS CALM AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9351R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9351R-2003-06-11), registration cancelled 2003-06-11, S/N 18802251T, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 188-02251T
- Airframe hours: 4521
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: South Georgia Ag Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 3,035 total, 2,000 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 90 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860906044699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860906044699A), Sep 6, 1986: Cessna A188B, Jesup, GA, Substantial damage. The spraybar of the agricultural spray plane caught on a peanut vine during landing on a dirt road. Ground looped.

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.

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