# Accident 19990516005329A: Cessna A188B, Lincoln, KS, May 16, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1999, 11:00 local time
- Place: Lincoln, KS
- Airport: Lincoln Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: H8CG
- Location: 39.0398° N, 98.1404° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0398&lon=-98.1404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9275R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9275R-2004-06-23) (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: 2,490 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990516005329A

## Narrative

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

ACFT DID NOT GAIN ALTITUDE ON TAKE-OFF, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.19) ON MAY 16,1999, AT 1100 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA A188B, N9275R, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER AN ON-GROUND COLLISION WITH A STONE FENCE POST DURING TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 33 (2700 FEET BY 370 FEET,WET/GRASS) AT THE LINCOLN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LINCOLN, KANSAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROBISIONSOF 14CFR PART 137 AND WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE PLANNED LOCAL FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  (-23) DURING ATTEMPTED TAKE OFF FROM GRASS FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A POST LOCATED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  SOLO AGRICULTURAL PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN CLEAR AREA IN FRONT OF HIM.  GEAR HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY STONE POST, SO LANDING RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  (.4) WHILE ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE PILOT REALIZED THAT THE AIRPLANE, '...MIGHT NOT FLY.'  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DUMPED HIS CHEMICAL LOAD AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LIFTOFF.  THE PILOT STATED THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DEPART THE   RUNWAY SURFACE IT STRUCK A STONE FENCE POST AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE THEN REDUCED THE POWER, TOUCHED DOWN IN A PASTURE, AND SKIDDED TO A STOP.  THE PILOT REPORTED THE CONDITION OF THE GRASS RUNWAY WAS SOFT AND WET WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE GRASS APPROXIMATED AT 6 INCHES.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE HUMIDITY WAS 'HIGH' AND THAT THERE WAS 'LIGHT FOG' AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  A WEATHER OBSERVATION STATION, LOCATED 29 NAUTICAL MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, REPORTED WINDS WERE 200-DEGREES MAGNETIC AT 18 KNOTS, TEMPERATURE 79-DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, AND A DEW POINT TEMPERATURE OF 68-DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.  THE PRESSURE FUEL LINE WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING FUEL THROUGH THE BRAIDING APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES FROM ITS END.

## 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 CHI99LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA152), May 16, 1999: Cessna A188B (N9275R), Lincoln, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the altitude/clearance not obtained by the pilot and the unsuitable takeoff area selected by the pilot. Factors to the accident were the high, soft, and wet grass runway.

## Other reports on N9275R (1)

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

- [Accident 19790712031619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790712031619A), Jul 12, 1979: Cessna A188B (N9275R), Hartington, NE, Substantial damage. Pilot claimed engine failure. No malfunction found.

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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