# Accident 19980711016559A: Cessna A188B, Atlanta, NE, July 11, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1998, 16:00 local time
- Place: Atlanta, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: XAGG
- Location: 40.3591° N, 99.4694° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3591&lon=-99.4694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9247R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9247R-2006-10-05) (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: 3,261 total, 1,779 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA245) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980711016559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS MANEUVERING AIRCRAFT DURING AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS WHEN POWER WAS LOST. PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN ADJACENT FIELD.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO LEFT WING, LEFT LANDING GEAR WAS BROKEN OFF, AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURES.  INVESTIGATION PENDING AS TO CAUSE OF LOSS OF POWER.                                       (.4) THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING A SPRAYER CALIBRATION TEST WHEN THE ENGINE SUFFERED A SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT WAS OPERATING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL) AT THE TIME OF THE POWER LOSS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS AT TOO LOW AN ALTITUDE TO TROUBLE SHOOT THE POWER LOSS AND MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT INTO AN OPEN FIELD. UPON TOUCH DOWN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DUG INTO THE SOFT MUD, COLLAPSED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR, WHICH RESULTED IN THE LEFT WING IMPACTING THE TERRAIN. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED ABOUT THE LEFT WING, APPROXIMATELY 80-DEGREES, AND THEN CAME TO A STOP. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT SUSTAIN POWER AT IDLE OR ANY POWER SETTING WITH THE FUEL BOOST PUMP IN THE 'OFF ' POSITION. INVESTIGATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE 'B' NUT ON THE  FUEL LINE FROM THE FIREWALL TO THE BACK OF THE ENGINE WAS LOOSE. AFTER THE NUT HAD BEEN TIGHTENED THE ENGINE PERFORMED, WITHOUT HESITATION, AT ALL POWER SETTINGS WITH THE FUEL PUMP IN THE 'OFF' POSITION. NO OTHER AIRCRAFT OR ENGINE ANOMALIES WERE FOUND.

## 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 CHI98LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA245), Jul 11, 1998: Cessna 188B (N9247R), Atlanta, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to a loose 'B' nut on the fuel line fitting. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate maintain and the soft terrain.

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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