# NTSB MIA73DLG17: Cessna A188, N21735, Fairfax, SC, July 31, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 31, 1972
- Place: Fairfax, SC · FAIRFAX, SC
- Location: 32.9592° N, 81.2362° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfax, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9592&lon=-81.2362&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 9, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168731
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA73DLG17
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DLG17

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4139  72/7/31    FAIRFAX,SC          CESSNA A188         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 20200
        TIME - 1400                    N21735              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AERIAL APPLICATOR
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FAIRFAX,SC                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - COTTON                                    TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                 GLOVES - NOT USED
          GOGGLES - NOT USED                                       CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED                             CRASH BAR - INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT                  ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  165
        REMARKS- WING HIT FARM WAGON DRG TAXI FM LDG.CORN GROWING BOTH SIDES OF STRIP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N21735](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21735-2007-11-01), registration cancelled 2007-11-01, S/N 18800991, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188
- 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
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Aerial Applicator

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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