Cessna A188B N9381G

Summary

On 2 July 1983 at about 18:30 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N9381G was involved in an accident near Prattville, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 July 1983 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Prattville, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Snowden Airstrip

Coordinates

32.5095, -86.5608

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N9381G

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

ATL83LA257

Nobody was injured.

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A COW DURING TAKEOFF FOR AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLT. THE COLLISION BROKE OFF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND KILLED THE COW. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE COW GOT THROUGH THE FENCE AND WANDERED ONTO THE STRIP. THE AIRSTRIP HAS A SMALL RISE IN IT WHICH DID NOT PERMIT THE PILOT TO SEE THE COW IN TIME TO AVOID IT OR STOP. THE PILOT LOWERED THE FLAPS AND TRIED TO FLY OVER THE COW BUT THE RIGHT GEAR STRUCK THE COW. THE TAKEOFF WAS CONTINUED AND A LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN A PASTURE NEXT TO THE AIRSTRIP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.