- Date
- February 24, 1986, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Greenwood, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9936JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860224005169A
- Case key
- 31578
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Clearance - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt stated that during an aerial application swath run, he struck a group of power lines & crashed into a field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9936J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803871T
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Aviation Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 10, 1985
N9936JRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2013 · Cessna T188CAirframe modelCessna T188CEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 4,800 total · 4,754 in this make and model · 4,754 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.