# NTSB FTW90DPG10: Cessna 188A, N3566Q, Hunter, AR, August 23, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 23, 1990, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Hunter, AR
- Coordinates: 35.050251, -91.120277 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0503&lon=-91.1203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 14, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22943
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW90DPG10
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22943/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90DPG10

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER CLEARANCE ABOVE THE CROPS.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - aerial application
  - terrain condition - crop
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE SPRAYING PESTICIDE ON A RICE FIELD THE MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED CROPS. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HIT A RICE LEVEE AND THE RIGHT WING DUG INTO THE GROUND, FLIPPING THE AIRPLANE INVERTED AND TO THE LEFT 90 DEGREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3566Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3566Q-1998-06-10), registration cancelled 1998-06-10, S/N 1880516 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188A
- Registry model: [Cessna A188](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (registry code 2073004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 188-0516
- Airframe hours: 2932
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Henry, Mc Cain, doing business as Sunrise Applicators
- Registered owner: Henry B Mccain
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, October 2, 1989, 174 hours before

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 15,856 total, 554 in this make and model, 12,885 as pilot in command, 31 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LIT, 44 nm away

## 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 19900823035339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900823035339A), Aug 23, 1990: Cessna A188B, Hunter, AR, Substantial damage. Watching wing clearance from trees at edge of spray field wheels caught in crop and flipped aircraft on its back.

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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