# NTSB MIA00LA112: Cessna A188B, N84666, Lake Placid, FL, March 19, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 19, 2000, 07:40 local (12:40 UTC)
- Place: Lake Placid, FL
- Coordinates: 27.289167, -81.359893 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2892&lon=-81.3599&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 48815
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA00LA112
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48815/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA112

## 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

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - object - vehicle
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,main gear - separation
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - roll
  - clearance - not possible, pilot in command

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84666-2010-06-22), registration cancelled 2010-06-22, S/N 18801995, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna A188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18801995
- Airframe hours: 8577
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20000319010279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000319010279A), Mar 19, 2000: Cessna A188B, Lake Placid, FL, No damage. (-23)During a telephone interview, the pilot reconstructed the event in question. He stated that as he was applying the agent, about 3 feet above the ground,…

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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