NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CEN24LA285
Registry · N9576G
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA A188B
Year of manufacture
1974 · 50 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19740312
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD51D9
Registrant of record
WERTH LANCE C
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a power line during the spray pass.
Factual narrative
The operator reported, the pilot was conducting a low-level aerial application flight when the airplane impacted a power line at the start of a spray pass. Following the collision, the airplane impacted an agricultural field which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage, the empennage, and both sets of wings. The operator reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12
NTSB Findings
Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).
- — Personnel issues-Psychological-Attention/monitoring-Monitoring environment-Pilot
- — Environmental issues-Physical environment-Object/animal/substance-Wire-Effect on operation
- — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Altitude-Not attained/maintained
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_2024_CEN24LA285.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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