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| Date: | Tuesday 5 May 1998 |
| Time: | 17:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna A188B |
| Owner/operator: | Aeropiloto |
| Registration: | CS-AQU |
| MSN: | 18803313T |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Alcacer do Sal area -
 Portugal
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Cascais aerodrome (LPCS) |
| Cascais aerodrome (LPCS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On the afternoon of May 5, 1998, the agricultural aircraft, CS- AQU, operated by Aeropiloto aerial work company, was carrying out a rice sowing in Alcacer do Sal area using agricultural track Barrosinha, near the town of Alcáçovas. About 17:30 hours local time , during one take-off, with the " hopper" airplane loaded with rice seed, after the end of the takeoff, the plane began to lose altitude and to sink, eventually falling to fly within a rice cultivation tank, pinning up immediately and turning over the nose . The accident resulted in an severe damage agricultural aircraft.
The pilot was unhurt in the accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Asus/My%20Documents/Downloads/i005885%20(1).pdf (Final accident report)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2015 12:50 | jfigueiredo | Added |
| 13-Jan-2015 12:50 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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