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Cessna A188A N5640J

23 October 1988 · Casa Grande, Arizona, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 23 October 1988 at about 22:15 local time, a Cessna A188A registered N5640J, operated by Singleton, TOM, was involved in an accident near Casa Grande, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 22:15
Classification
Accident
Location
Casa Grande, Arizona, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna A188A
Registration
N5640J
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Singleton, TOM
Operating rule
Part 137: Agricultural
Purpose of flight
Aerial Application
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Casa Grande → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX89DUJ01

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 1 0 0

Probable cause

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

DURING AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A HIGH-TENSION STATIC WIRE AND SUBSEQUENTLY WITH THE GROUND. POST-IMPACT FIRE ENSUED. THE PILOT STATED HE MISJUDGED HIS APPROACH TO THE FIELD AND DID NOT SEE THE WIRE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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