Cessna A188B N731SP

Summary

On 4 July 2000 at about 00:00 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N731SP was involved in an accident near Inverness, Mississippi, 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

4 July 2000 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Inverness, Mississippi, United States

Coordinates

33.3494, -90.5908

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N731SP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA00LA202

1 person died.

The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed while reversing course during an aerial application flight resulting in the aircraft stalling, descending, impacting a tree, and crashing to the ground.

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

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Smoke was observed from the area the flight was spraying about 10 minutes after the flight departed. Examination of the crash site by an FAA inspector showed the aircraft had stalled while reversing course and impacted a tree about 25 feet above the ground. The left wing and gear separated from the aircraft and it nosed down and crashed into the ground where it came to rest inverted. A post crash fire erupted and destroyed the aircraft. The pilot died as a result of injuries sustained in the accident, 7 days after the accident. Postcrash examination of the aircraft and engine by an FAA inspector showed no evidence of precrash mechanical failure or malfunction.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.