- Date
- July 12, 1989, 08:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- Hay Springs, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N79291Cessna A-188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890712022189A
- Case key
- 34656
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Probable cause
The pilot's delay in intiating a climb at the end of a swath run.
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.
Analysis
The airplane was being used to spray a field of millet. On a south to north swath, the pilot pulled up and the airplane hit the top of a tree on the north end of the field. The airplane impacted the terrain in a nose low attitude and came to rest inverted to the north of the tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79291
- Reported as
- Cessna A-188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801969T
- Airframe hours
- 2,781
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Kirk Budd, doing business as Budd Aerial Sprayers
- Registered owner
- Scott B Hare
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 17, 1989 · 227 hours before
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 5,000 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.