Cessna A188B N9298R

Summary

On 30 July 2007 at about 14:00 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N9298R, operated by Brian Johnson, was involved in an accident near Garwood, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 July 2007 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Garwood, Texas, United States

Coordinates

30.5375, -96.5242

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N9298R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Brian Johnson

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Garwood → Garwood

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW07CA174

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain proper clearance from terrain/obstacles. A contributing factor was the runway conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 1,457-hour commercial pilot lost control of the tailwheel-equipped agricultural airplane while attempting to depart from a 2,400-foot long unimproved private grass airstrip. The pilot reported that while departing on a southerly heading he was "dodging pot holes and mud holes" on the airstrip. The spray booms under the wings became entangled with tall grass resulting in a loss of directional control. The airplane exited the right side of the airstrip, the right wing collided with a fence post and the airplane "ran through a ditch." An FAA inspector interviewed the pilot, who confirmed the accident sequence. The inspector recorded structural damage. On the Airport Information block of the accident report form, the pilot categorized the runway as "dirt" and further described the condition of the runway as "holes," "rough," "soft," and "wet." At about 5 minutes after the mishap, the nearest weather reporting station, located 27-nautical miles to the south-east of the accident site, reported winds calm, visibility 5 statue miles with mist, temperature 84 degrees Fahrenheit, dew point 81 degrees Fahrenheit, and barometric pressure of 29.93 inches of Mercury. The density altitude was calculated at 1,776 feet.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.