# NTSB MKC86FCJ02: Cessna A188B, N84729, Bridgeport, NE, June 19, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1986, 06:08 local (12:08 UTC)
- Place: Bridgeport, NE
- Coordinates: 41.660583, -103.090812 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6606&lon=-103.0908&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34087
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86FCJ02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34087/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86FCJ02

## 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)
  - object - utility pole (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

DURING AN AGRICULTURAL SPRAY RUN, THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A UTILITY POLE, LEAVING PART OF THE SPARY BOOM WRAPPED AROUND THE POLE, AND PIECES OF FLAP, WING, AND FUEL BLADDER NEARBY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 1000 FT FROM THE POLE & WAS DESTROYED BY POST-IMPACT FIRE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N84729](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84729-1988-06-03), registration cancelled 1988-06-03, S/N 18801998T (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18801998T
- Airframe hours: 1203
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Garold Batterman
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, March 14, 1986
- Departed: BROADWATER, NE

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; toxicology performed; flight hours: 500 total, 181 in this make and model, 448 as pilot in command, 64 in the last 90 days, 64 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BFF, 22 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 19860619026649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860619026649A), Jun 19, 1986: Cessna A188B, Bridgeport, NE, Destroyed. Aircraft struck utility poles and impacted the ground. Crop dusting.

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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