- Date
- June 23, 1986, 10:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- Malone, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9737JCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860623026419A
- Case key
- 21931
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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
The acft crashed before beginning a spraying operation after making a low pass over the field to alert a workman. According to one witness, a young bicyclist, the acft was turning around and began 'flopping' before it disappeared behind a hill. The field workman did not see the turn or the crash. The acft hit the ground left wing first and then nosed into a low embankment. The initial impact point was about 200 ft east of the cotton field to be sprayed and the fuselage came to rest 110 ft east of the impact point facing in a westerly direction. The pathological and toxicological report revealed negative or insignificant findings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9737J
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18003848T
- Airframe hours
- 943
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- John Vickery, doing business as John Vickery Fertilizer Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 27, 1985 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- Malone, 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
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 5,153 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.