# NTSB FTW89DRD15: Cessna 188, N5511S, Winnsboro, LA, September 21, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: September 21, 1989, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Winnsboro, LA
- Coordinates: 32.160648, -91.720741 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1606&lon=-91.7207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 24, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22736
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW89DRD15
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22736/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89DRD15

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT AND SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WITH A TREE.

## 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 - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5511S-2015-05-04), registration cancelled 2015-05-04, S/N 188-0011, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188
- Registry model: [Cessna 188](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188) (registry code 2073002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 188-0011
- Airframe hours: 3840
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890921035739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890921035739A), Sep 21, 1989: Cessna 188CESSNA, Winnsboro, LA, Destroyed. Witness indicates aircraft stalled in turnaround on a spray run. Crashed and burned. Operator not ag certificated.

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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