Cessna A188B N731XJ

Summary

On 13 June 1984 at about 17:30 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N731XJ was involved in an accident near Hollandale, Mississippi, United States. 2 people were on board. One person on the ground also died. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 June 1984 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Hollandale, Mississippi, United States

Coordinates

33.1701, -90.8501

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N731XJ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hollandale → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL84LA199

Injuries not recorded.

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

TWO ACFT WERE SPRAYING SAME FIELD. A FARM HAND WAS USED AS FLAGGER TO MARK LAST CROP ROW SPRAYED. FLAGGER USED FOR LAST TWO SEASONS AND BRIEFED PREVIOUSLY ON FLAGGING OPERATIONS BY THE PILOT/FARM OWNER. FLAGGER WAS NOT BRIEFED WHERE TO BEGIN COUNTING CROP ROWS THIS DAY. THE FLAGGER WAS POSITIONED TOO CLOSE TO THE FLD APCH END TO WALK CLEAR OF THE ACFTONCE THE SPRAY RUN HAD BEGUN. PLT OF SECOND ACFT BEGAN FIRST RUN AFTER COMPLETION OF FIRST SWATH BY FIRST ACFT. AFTER PASSING OVER TREES THAT LINED APCH END OF FIELD PLT LOOKED AWAY FROM FLAGGER TO SPOT FIRST ACFT. WHEN PLT LOOKED BACK TOFLAGGER, PLT SAID, THE FLAGGER WAS WALKING PARALLEL TO CROP ROWS WITH BACK TO APPROACHING ACFT. MEDICAL REPORT INDICATEDTHAT FLAGGERS INJURIES WERE TO HER RIGHT SIDE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.