- Date
- March 19, 2000, 07:40 local (12:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Placid, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N84666Cessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000319010279A
- Case key
- 48815
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Probable cause
The pilots inadequate visual outlook while performing aerial application resulting in the aircraft colliding with a piece of farm equipment which was parked in the field which caused the right main landing gear to separate and damage to the right wing during landing.
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
While performing aerial application the aircraft struck a piece of farm equipment parked in the field. The right main landing gear separated. The pilot finished applying the load of chemical and returned to the landing strip he was operating from. During landing the right contacted the ground and was damaged.
Factual narrative
On March 19, 2000, about 0740 eastern standard time, a Cessna A188B, N84666, registered to Eure Brothers, Inc., collided with farm equipment while performing aerial application near Lake Placid, Florida, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the commercial-rated pilot was not injured. The flight originated from Lake Placid, Florida, the same day, about 0730.
The pilot stated that during aerial application, the aircraft collided with a piece of farm equipment parked in the field. The right main landing gear separated. He finished applying the chemical load and returned to the landing strip from which he was operating. During landing, the right wing contacted the ground and received damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84666
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801995
- Airframe hours
- 8,577
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Eure Brothers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 1999 · 148 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 10,000 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ, 60 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.