Cessna A188B N9737J

Summary

On 23 June 1986 at about 15:40 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N9737J, operated by John Vickery, was involved in an accident near Malone, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 June 1986 at 15:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Malone, Texas, United States

Coordinates

31.9103, -96.8909

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N9737J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

John Vickery

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Malone → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW86FPA23

1 person died.

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 ACFT CRASHED BEFORE BEGINNING A SPRAYING OPERATION AFTER MAKING A LOW PASS OVER THE FIELD TO ALERT A WORKMAN. ACCORDING TO ONE WITNESS, A YOUNG BICYCLIST, THE ACFT WAS TURNING AROUND AND BEGAN 'FLOPPING' BEFORE IT DISAPPEARED BEHIND A HILL. THE FIELD WORKMAN DID NOT SEE THE TURN OR THE CRASH. THE ACFT HIT THE GROUND LEFT WING FIRST AND THEN NOSED INTO A LOW EMBANKMENT. THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT WAS ABOUT 200 FT EAST OF THE COTTON FIELD TO BE SPRAYED AND THE FUSELAGE CAME TO REST 110 FT EAST OF THE IMPACT POINT FACING IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION. THE PATHOLOGICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL REPORT REVEALED NEGATIVE OR INSIGNIFICANT FINDINGS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.