- Date
- May 23, 2026, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Doerun, GA · Farm field
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8288GCessna A188B
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260523010489A
- Case key
- 203057
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On May 23, 2026, about 1500 eastern daylight time, a Cessna A188B, N8288G, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Doerun, Georgia. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 agricultural flight. According to the pilot, during his fourth flight of the day the airplane sustained a total loss of engine power while en route to apply fertilizer to a corn field. The pilot initiated a forced landing to a field, during which the airplane struck trees before it came to rest upright, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage and wings. The wreckage was retained for further examination.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8288G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801287
- Built
- 1973
- Airframe hours
- 6,045
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ford Flying Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 2026
- Departed
- Doerun, GA
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- ABY, 19 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KABY 231853Z 22010G18KT 10SM SCT040 31/21 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP165 T03060211 $
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.