Cessna 188B N4877R

Summary

On 7 September 1982 at about 14:00 local time, a Cessna 188B registered N4877R, operated by Waldo Pepper Spraying, Serv., was involved in an accident near Gibson, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 September 1982 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Gibson, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

33.2301, -82.5909

Aircraft

Cessna 188B

Registration

N4877R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Waldo Pepper Spraying, Serv.

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wrens → Wrens

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

Unk

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82DA265

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT BEGAN A SWATH RUN BY APPROACHING THE FIELD OVER TALL TREES. JUST BEYOND THE TREES WAS A 7 FT RISE IN THE TERRAIN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT FLARE SOON ENOUGH. REPORTEDLY, THE PLANE STRUCK THE CROP, THE GEAR SHEARED OFF AND THE PLANE SLID TO A STOP. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS AN OPTICAL ILLUSION IN THE WAY THE SHARP RISE BLENDED IN WITH THE ROWS OF THE CROP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.