- Date
- September 11, 1990, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Aiken, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9422RCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900911038909A
- Case key
- 8092
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Probable cause
The pilot's delayed pull-up during an aerial application swath which resulted in the collision with a static wire associated with electrical transmission lines.
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
The pilot was engaged in aerial application of malathion on cotton for the usda boll weevil eradication program. The accident flight was the second application of the day. Electrical transmission wires crossed over the western end of the field being sprayed. The pilot had been in radio contact with usda monitors who were located adjacent to the field. The monitors stated that the pilot had not identified any problems or difficulties. Approximately 14 swath runs had been completed when, according to the monitors, the pilot pulled up late & collided with one of the static wires that topped the electrical transmission lines. The airplane then impacted the ground & burned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9422R
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802280T
- Airframe hours
- 2,859
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Donald C. Mcneil
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 21, 1990 · 38 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,589 total · 6,216 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Observed at
- AGS, 22 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.