- Date
- April 15, 1981
- Place
- Roxbury, KS · ROXBURY, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N86236Cessna 188B
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810415016539A
- Case key
- 126167
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0638 81/4/15 ROXBURY,KS CESSNA 188B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N86236 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 46, 1193 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 366 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROXBURY,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 400 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY 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 - 1580 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- COLLIDED W/WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86236
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.