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FAA accident report · Cessna 188B · Dixon, CA · September 2, 1998

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Date
September 2, 1998 · 06:30 local
Place
Dixon, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N202AW
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX98LA280
Reported as
Cessna 188B
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total240 in this make and model87 in the last 90 days
N202AWRegistration cancelled Jul 20, 2011 · Cessna A188BS/N 18800835 · Built 1971Airframe modelCessna A188BEngine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(.4) The accident aircraft had flown the day before the accident flight with no discrepancies noted. This was the first flight of the day and the aircraft was carrying a full load of sulfur. After takeoff the pilot made a turn to the left and the engine quit. The pilot then made a bank to the right to land in an open field. The aircraft landed hard and bounced into the air. After the first bounce, the aircraft was simultaneously on fire and rotating 180 degrees. The aircraft struck the ground again and the pilot exited the aircraft. The aircraft was destroyed by a postimpact fire. (-23) aircraft lost power at approx. 100 feet, after take-off, pilot landed aircraft in field with soft dirt, field had been watered the day before. When aircraft touched down it was with a high sink rate, aircrafts load of sulphur caught fire immediately, aircraft bounced and came to rest approx. 100 feet from initial touch down point facing in the opposite direction, the pilot cleared the aircraft with out any injuries, the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

As the FAA filed it

(.4) THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN THE DAY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS CARRYING A FULL LOAD OF SULFUR. AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT MADE A TURN TO THE LEFT AND THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT THEN MADE A BANK TO THE RIGHT TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. AFTER THE FIRST BOUNCE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY ON FIRE AND ROTATING 180 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND AGAIN AND THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY A POSTIMPACT FIRE. (-23) AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AT APPROX. 100 FEET, AFTER TAKE-OFF, PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT IN FIELD WITH SOFT DIRT, FIELD HAD BEEN WATERED THE DAY BEFORE. WHEN AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IT WAS WITH A HIGH SINK RATE, AIRCRAFTS LOAD OF SULPHUR CAUGHT FIRE IMMEDIATELY, AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND CAME TO REST APPROX. 100 FEET FROM INITIAL TOUCH DOWN POINT FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, THE PILOT CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT WITH OUT ANY INJURIES, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB LAX98LA280Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDixon, CAA partial loss of engine power for an undetermined reason, and the ignition of a highly combustible compound in the application hopper.Sep 2, 1998 · Destroyed