Cessna A188B N9071R

Summary

On 23 June 2005 at about 22:40 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N9071R was involved in an accident near Piggott, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 June 2005 at 22:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Piggott, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

None

Coordinates

36.3820, -90.1903

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N9071R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kennett → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW05LA171

1 person died.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 225-hour private pilot was spraying a cotton field. After completing the first pass over the field, the airplane was observed to pull- up over a levee and tree line. The airplane continued to climb at a steep angle of attack before it stalled, nosed over, and descended toward the ground in a nose down attitude into a field. A post-impact fire consumed the airplane. An examination of the wreckage revealed that all major components were accounted for at the accident site and cable continuity was established to the airplane's flight controls.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.