# Accident 19900711025309A: Cessna A188B, Michigan, ND, July 11, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1990, 11:30 local time
- Place: Michigan, ND
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: WKHG
- Location: 48.0212° N, 98.1122° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0212&lon=-98.1122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4940R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4940R-2012-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,335 total, 1,121 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN90LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900711025309A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CAUGHT SPRAY BOOM IN WHEAT ON EDGE OFF RUNWAY AND GROUND LOOPED WHILE LANDING ON AG STRIP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN90LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA156), Jul 11, 1990: Cessna 188 (N4940R), Michigan, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALIGNMENT DURING LANDING.

## Other reports on N4940R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19950813023079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950813023079A), Aug 13, 1995: Cessna A188B (N4940R), Muscle Shoals, AL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Tail caught a power line descending to spray field. Crashed and burned.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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