# NTSB ATL88DKG12: Cessna 188B, N731UH, Bainbridge, GA, August 10, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 10, 1988, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Bainbridge, GA
- Location: 30.9049° N, 84.5730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bainbridge, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9049&lon=-84.5730&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7542
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88DKG12
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7542/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88DKG12

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)
  - aircraft performance - exceeded (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - aerial application

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N731UH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731UH-1989-11-13), registration cancelled 1989-11-13, S/N 18803162T (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18803162T
- Airframe hours: 3367
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: William F. Howell, doing business as Howell Crop Dusting Service
- Registered owner: Ag Flight Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 14, 1988, 232 hours before
- Departed: BGE, BAINBRIDGE, GA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 5,500 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 5,400 as pilot in command, 375 in the last 90 days, 200 in the last 30 days, 9 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 97 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MCN, 100 nm away

## 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 19880810033669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880810033669A), Aug 10, 1988: Cessna A188B, Bainbridge, GA, Destroyed. Tried to pull up from a spray run too slow. Tail dragged in cotton and aircraft nosed over. Tailwing and high temp.

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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