# NTSB MIA85LKG06: Cessna A188B, N9742G, Bascom, FL, September 10, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: September 10, 1985, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Bascom, FL
- Coordinates: 30.920541, -85.109924 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9205&lon=-85.1099&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31464
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LKG06
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31464/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LKG06

## 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
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A PECAN TREE DURING A SPRAY OPERATION THE PLT SAID HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE ATTENTIVE TO THE OPERATION OF THE ACFT AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9742G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18801583T
- Airframe hours: 2678
- Engines: CONTINENTAL 10-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: John Patrick
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 1985, 70 hours before
- Departed: MALONE, FL
- Destination: MALONE, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 1,160 total, 370 in this make and model, 1,089 as pilot in command, 105 in the last 90 days, 34 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DHN, 27 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 19850910047189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850910047189A), Sep 10, 1985: Cessna A188B, Bascom, FL, Destroyed. During swath run, aircraft struck a pecan tree in the corner of a soybean field. Impacted the ground and burned.

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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