- Date
- May 25, 1982, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ehrenberg, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N70454Cessna A188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820525019229A
- Case key
- 70558
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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 pilot stated that as he pulled up at the end of a trim run in order to miss some electric wires the aircraft began to shutter. It then rolled left, right, and back to the left going almost inverted before coming to rest in a cotton field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70454
- Reported as
- Cessna A188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801923
- Airframe hours
- 2,826
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Cyr Aviation
- Registered owner
- Cyr Aviation
- Departed
- BLH · Blythe, CA
- Destination
- BLH · Blythe, CA
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,350 total · 351 in this make and model · 2,157 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.