- Date
- June 21, 1973
- Place
- Tucker, AR · TUCKER, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N21720Cessna A188B
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730621017819A
- Case key
- 190317
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1441 73/6/21 TUCKER,ARK CESSNA A188B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 2300 TIME - 0630 N21720 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 847 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCKER,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FLAGMAN,LOADER IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION/TRAINING OF RAMP CREWS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 200 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- PLT AND UNIT CHIEF DID NOT DISCUSS PROCEDURE WITH FLAGMAN.FLAGMAN WALKED INTO PATH OF ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21720
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
N21720Registration cancelled May 30, 2013 · Cessna A188BAirframe modelCessna A188BEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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