# NTSB FTW84LA337: Cessna A188B, N731LQ, Batesville, TX, August 4, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1984, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Batesville, TX
- Coordinates: 28.939338, -99.609336 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9393&lon=-99.6093&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21418
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA337
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21418/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA337

## 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
  - maneuver - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - daylight
  - pull-up - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731LQ-1985-09-26), registration cancelled 1985-09-26, S/N 1880298T (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18802981T
- Airframe hours: 2261
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840804059549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840804059549A), Aug 4, 1984: Cessna A188B, Batesville, TX, Destroyed. Struck and power line and crashed during a pull up from a spray run.

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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