# Accident 19980902029689A: Cessna 188B, Dixon, CA, September 2, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1998, 06:30 local time
- Place: Dixon, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 38.3892° N, 121.8098° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3892&lon=-121.8098&mi=10
- Aircraft: N202AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N202AW-2011-07-20) (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 188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 240 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA280) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980902029689A

## Narrative

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

(.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.

## 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 LAX98LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA280), Sep 2, 1998: Cessna 188B (N202AW), Dixon, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power for an undetermined reason, and the ignition of a highly combustible compound in the application hopper.

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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