# Accident 19980517009689A: Cessna A188B, Crookston, MN, May 17, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1998, 20:15 local time
- Place: Crookston, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 47.7707° N, 96.6000° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7707&lon=-96.6000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4962Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4962Q-2017-06-22) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 628 total, 340 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980517009689A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE STARTED AERIAL SPRAYING BETWEEN 0530 AND 0600 CDT THAT MORNING AND CONTINUED SPRAYING UNTIL THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. HE DEPARTED THE AIRPORT WITH ANOTHER LOAD OF CHEMICAL BUT HAD NOT REFUELED.  HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS HEADING FOR A FIELD AT 100 TO 150 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT.  HE REPORTED, 'I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED FOR A PLACE TO LAND AND HAD TO RESORT TO A MUDDY FIELD.  WHILE MANEUVERING THE AIRPLANE STALLED. WHILE TRYING TO RECOVER THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE GROUND.'  THE PILOT STATED IN A PHONE INTERVIEW, 'I'M SURE IT RAN OUT OF GAS.'  HE REPORTED THAT AIRPLANE HAD BEEN RUNNING WELL ALL DAY AND HAD GIVEN NO INDICATIONS OF ANYTHING GOING WRONG.  THE PILOT ALSO STATED, 'FATIGUE WAS A MAJOR FACTOR IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO THE ACCIDENT.'                         (-23) AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL DURING FERRY PHASE OF FLIGHT WHILE CONDUCTING ARIAL APPLICATION.  WHILE MANEUVERING FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED.  THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER COMPLETELY FROM THE STALL PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.

## 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 CHI98LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA162), May 18, 1998: Cessna A188B (N4962Q), Crookston, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot inadvertently stalled the airplane. Factors included the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion when the pilot failed to refuel the airplane. Another factor was fatigue.

## Other reports on N4962Q (2)

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

- [Accident 19910723029629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910723029629A), Jul 23, 1991: Cessna A188B (N4962Q), Munger, MI, Substantial damage. Settled into tall corn off end of Private strip. No time to dump load.
- [Accident 19780920030489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780920030489A), Sep 20, 1978: Cessna 188ACESSNA (N4962Q), Brooklett, GA, Substantial damage. Condensers on both mags bad.r mag inop for long period of time.

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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