Cessna A188B N70213

Summary

On 30 April 2002 at about 00:10 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N70213 was involved in an accident near Myakka City, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 April 2002 at 00:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Myakka City, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Private (NONE)

Coordinates

27.3496, -82.1592

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N70213

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Maykka City → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

MIA02LA090

1 person was seriously injured.

the pilot's failure to maintain altitude while maneuvering during an aerial application, subsequently resulting in impact with the terrain.

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

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While maneuvering during an aerial application the airplane impacted into a swampy area. The airplane had been seeding for about 2.5 hours before the accident occurred. According to the pilot he was on the last leg of seeding a field after sunset had already occurred, and the next thing he knew he had flown into the ground and crashed. He said that there was nothing wrong with the airframe or engine. An examination of the airframe and engine, after the accident, revealed no discrepancies. In addition, at the time of the accident the airplane was without an annual inspection, and the pilot of N70213 did not have a current commercial pilot's certificate due to the fact that his medical certificate had expired. The pilot/operator was given an NTSB Pilot/Operator Accident Report Form 6120.1/2 by the FAA inspector, but a completed form was not received.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.