- Date
- August 16, 1989, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Prattville, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9318GCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890816030119A
- Case key
- 7839
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain clearance from obstructions (trees).
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.
Analysis
During an ag application flt, the acft collided with trees and crashed. A witness rprtd there were no unusual eng sounds and the plt's flt maneuvers appeared to be normal. No preimpact part malfunction or failure was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9318G
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801452
- Airframe hours
- 2,608
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Farm Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1989 · 56 hours before
- Airport
- Ag Strip
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,035 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °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.