- Date
- July 19, 2011, 08:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Greenstown, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4725RCessna A188B
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Miscellaneous/other
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20110719014629A
- Case key
- 81190
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from vegetation that caused increased drag during a low-level maneuvering flight.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the pilot, he was spraying a corn field at a low altitude. He said that the airplane spray booms contacted the corn and the corn debris accumulated on the boom. He performed a forced landing to a field after the airplane was unable to maintain airspeed and altitude due to the increase in drag. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and wings. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated that during the aerial application of a corn field, the airplane altitude became too low. The airplane spray booms contacted the corn and the accumulation of the corn debris on the boom increased drag. The pilot performed a forced landing to a field after the airplane was unable to maintain airspeed and altitude due to the drag increase. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and wings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4725R
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802307T
- Engine
- Continental Motors IO-520, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Agri-Green Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- Agri-Green Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- M22 · Marion, IN
- Destination
- M22 · Greenstown, IN
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
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 2, 2010
- Seat
- Single
- Flight hours
- 335 total · 80 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- OKK, 6 nm away
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 13, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 486 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.