# NTSB FTW82FPD16: Cessna 188B, N731AK, Stanford, TX, July 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: July 21, 1982, 07:44 local (12:44 UTC)
- Place: Stanford, TX
- Coordinates: 32.940181, -99.849121 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9402&lon=-99.8491&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report July 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72712
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82FPD16
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72712/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPD16

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - object - wire,transmission(marked)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - aerial application
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

THE PILOT HAD COMPLETED SPRAYING APPROXIMATELY 75 PERCENT OF A 76 ACRE FIELD. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE LOWER OF TWO POWERLINES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO CLEAR THE HIGHER OF THE TWO POWER LINES BUT HOOK THE LOWER SET OF WIRES WITH THE LANDING GEAR. IT THEN ROLLED TO AN INVERTED POSITION BEFORE STRIKING THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N731AK](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731AK-2013-02-26), registration cancelled 2013-02-26, S/N 18802742, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18802742
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 280 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Allied Sprayers Inc.
- Registered owner: Allied Sprayers Inc.
- Departed: STANFORD, TX
- Destination: STANFORD, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: unknown, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 14,780 total, 1,200 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820721030909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820721030909A), Jul 21, 1982: Cessna 188B, Stamford, TX, Destroyed. Flew into wires during a spray run. Crashed inverted and slid into a power pole.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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