- Date
- August 4, 1984, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Batesville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N731LQCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840804059549A
- Case key
- 21418
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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
There were no known acft or eng problems involved in the accident. A witness stated the acft started its pullup from the first swath run of the day on an agricultural operation, collided with an electrical transmission line & fell to the ground, fatally injuring the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731LQ
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802981T
- Airframe hours
- 2,261
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Agro Farm Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 13, 1984
- Departed
- Batesville, TX
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 248 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.