- Date
- September 10, 1992, 11:08 local (15:08 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesboro, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N92427Cessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920910039339A
- Case key
- 8663
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from the street sign during an aerial application pass.
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 ag pilot was performing an aerial application pass on a soybean field. While avoiding some power lines, the aircraft collided with a traffic sign erected near the field. The aircraft then crashed into the soybean field and burned. The pilot reported no mechanical problems with the aircraft prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92427
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802063T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Smith Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Smith Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 1900
- Departed
- 2J3 · Louisville, GA
- Destination
- 2J3
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AGS, 17 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.