- Date
- January 30, 1984, 15:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Nella, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N731WRCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840130040789A
- Case key
- 24156
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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
During a low level ag turn, the acft's left wing impacted an 8-FT high stand pipe. The acft then cartwheeled & crashed. A few weeks before the accident, the plt had personally inspected the field. However, just days before the accident, the standpipe had been erected.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731WR
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18803218T
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Hamilton Machado
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- 301 · Gustine, 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.