Cessna A188B N8233G

Summary

On 11 March 1983 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N8233G, operated by Smith Pierre J, was involved in an accident near Wadley, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 March 1983 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Wadley, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Dirt Road

Coordinates

32.8599, -82.3990

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N8233G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Smith Pierre J

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83LA134

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 PILOT HAD BEEN USING A PAVED ROAD FOR A LANDING STRIP UNTIL SOMEONE COMPLAINED. HE THEN CHANGED TO A NORTH- SOUTH DIRT ROAD WITH TREES ON THE WEST SIDE AND UTILITY WIRES AND POLES ON THE RIGHT SIDE. WHILE LANDING WITH A LEFT CROSSWIND AT ABOUT 16 GUSTING 20 KTS, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT WING SLIPPED BETWEEN THE WIRES. THE PILOT'S EFFORTS TO TURN AWAY FROM THE UTILITY LINE RESULTED IN THE RIGHT WING CONTACTING THE TOP WIRE WHICH PREVENTED THE AIRCRAFT FROM TURNING LEFT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE RIGHT WING HIT AN INSULATOR MOUNT AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED. THE PILOT WAS LANDING FOR HIS 27TH LOAD OF THE DAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.