- Date
- July 20, 1991, 08:17 local (12:17 UTC)
- Place
- Snow Hill, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9072RCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910720028889A
- Case key
- 8434
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Probable cause
Inadequate visual lookout by the pilot. Factors to the accident were tree.
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 aerial application flight, the airplane collided with 50 foot trees on the departure end of the swath run. A witness saw the airplane clip the top of the trees and continue on the original heading until it crashed in the adjacent field. The airplane was destroyed by a post impact fire. No mechanical problems were observed or disclosed during wreckage examination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9072R
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-020981
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D-23, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Creech IV, William H.
- Registered owner
- Mc Neil, Robert
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1990
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,388 total · 530 in this make and model · 1,276 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ISO, 12 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.