- Date
- August 12, 1978
- Place
- Water Valley, MS · WATER VALLEY, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53319Cessna 188
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780812021939A
- Case key
- 139578
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2508 78/8/12 WATER VALLEY,MS CESSNA 188 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 610 TIME - 1715 N53319 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 326 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INGRAMS FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATER VALLEY,MS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS 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 -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- HIGH GRASS HID LOW SPOT WHERE WATER HAD COLLECTED ON STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53319
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ingrams Farm
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N53319 · 1
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