- Date
- June 1, 1993, 11:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Marengo, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8254GCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930601017729A
- Case key
- 38602
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged clearance from obstacles during aerial application, resulting in a collision with trees. A factor in this accident was the pilot's lack of total experience in aerial application flying.
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 pilot was on his third day of aerial application flying. His total aerial application experience consisted of 5 hours, including the accident flight. Total flight time in type and model was approximately 7 hours. The pilot was observed flying several application runs prior to the accident. The airplane was observed flying under power lines during one of the runs. During the pull up, at the completion of the accident run, a witness observed the airplane's right wing strike a tree. The airplane staggered, then nosed over and impacted the ground.
Factual narrative
On Tuesday, June 1, 1993, at about 1150 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 188, N8254G, operated by Fisher's Agricultural Service, of Cardington, Ohio, struck trees and impacted the ground, while performing aerial application, near Marengo, Ohio. The airplane was substantially damaged by the impact. The pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. A flight plan had not been filed for the flight operating under 14 CFR 137.
According to a Federal Aviation Inspector, the pilot was maneuvering over a field while performing aerial application when the airplane struck a tree and impacted the ground inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8254G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801268T
- Airframe hours
- 3,754
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-L-371, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Carl R. Fisher Jr
- Registered owner
- Carl R. Fisher Jr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1993 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- 4I9 · Mount Gilead, OH
- Destination
- 4I9
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 7 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.