Cessna 188 N3525Q

Summary

On 10 July 1988 at about 20:10 local time, a Cessna 188 registered N3525Q, operated by D&R Spraying Service, was involved in an accident near Garfield, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 July 1988 at 20:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Garfield, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

32.2791, -82.1293

Aircraft

Cessna 188

Registration

N3525Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

D&R Spraying Service

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Garfield → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL88DKG09

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

FOLLOWING MINOR ENGINE MAINTENANCE, THE PLT/MECHANIC MADE THE TEST FLIGHT. THE ENGINE COWLING WAS NOT INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE FLT. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE ACFT WHEELS TOUCHED THE WATER OF A NEARBY POND FOLLOWED BY A SHARP PULL-UP INTO THE PLT'S CUSTOMARY 'LOOP' PRIOR TO LANDING. THE ACFT DID NOT COMPLETE THE LOOP AND IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A 75 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE PLT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL RECORDED BY THE HARRIS MEDICAL LAB IN FORT WORTH, TX WAS 176 MG/DL. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF SEVERE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, ITS RELEVANCE TO THE ACCIDENT COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.