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| Date: | Tuesday 13 October 2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna A188B AGtruck |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Servicios Del Valle |
| Registration: | N72091 |
| MSN: | 18801943T |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Villa Tapia, Hermanas Mirabal -
 Dominican Republic
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Sabana Rey airstrip |
| Investigating agency: | CIAA Dom. Rep. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Cessna A188B AGtruck cropduster plane crashed in a cassava plantation in Villa Tapia, Hermanas Mirabal. The engine had suffered a loss of power during an aerial application flight.
The pilot was injured and the aircraft damaged beyond repair.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.alacechord.com/2020/10/sobrevive-piloto-de-avioneta-se.html
https://elnuevodiario.com.do/se-precipita-avioneta-en-villa-tapia-salcedo/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IFNGwYLGds
https://youtu.be/Sy0qqtkTEU0
Images:
Villa Tapia, Hermanas Mirabal.
N72091 Cessna A188B AGtruck Crashed - Villa Tapia, Hermanas Mirabal
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2020 15:56 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Oct-2020 16:36 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Oct-2020 18:54 | harro | Updated |
| 15-Oct-2020 19:15 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Oct-2020 06:51 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 16-Oct-2020 06:52 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 16-Oct-2020 06:52 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 16-Oct-2020 06:54 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 16-Oct-2020 06:54 | 100degreesp | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 16-Oct-2020 06:55 | 100degreesp | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 19-Oct-2020 19:53 | 100degreesp | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 27-Feb-2021 19:07 | rudy | Updated |
| 09-Nov-2024 09:56 | ASN | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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