- Date
- September 21, 1989, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Winnsboro, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5511SCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890921035739A
- Case key
- 22736
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate visual lookout and subsequent collision with a tree.
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 ag airplane was being used to spray cotton. A witness has stated that the airplane made a left turn and the nose dropped. It struck a tree, then the ground, and started burning. No pre-impact problems were found with the airplane or the powerplant. The engine was running at tree and ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5511S
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-0011
- Airframe hours
- 3,840
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- E. Dale Guillot
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 11, 1988 · 185 hours before
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,085 total · 537 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 200 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.