Cessna A188B N84666

Summary

On 19 March 2000 at about 12:40 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N84666 was involved in an accident near Lake Placid, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 March 2000 at 12:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake Placid, Florida, United States

Coordinates

27.2892, -81.3599

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N84666

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA00LA112

Nobody was injured.

The pilots inadequate visual outlook while performing aerial application resulting in the aircraft colliding with a piece of farm equipment which was parked in the field which caused the right main landing gear to separate and damage to the right wing during landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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While performing aerial application the aircraft struck a piece of farm equipment parked in the field. The right main landing gear separated. The pilot finished applying the load of chemical and returned to the landing strip he was operating from. During landing the right contacted the ground and was damaged.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.