# Accident 20000321010549A: Cessna A188B, Hayti, MO, March 21, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2000, 14:50 local time
- Place: Hayti, MO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2304° N, 89.7394° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2304&lon=-89.7394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4859Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4859Q-2008-10-21) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000321010549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT RICHARD READE DEPARTED MID CONTIENT AIRPORT (M28) AT APPROXIMATELY 1440 (CMT) IN AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER, N4859Q, CESSNA 188B ON A MAINTENACE TEST FLIGHT HEADED NORTH. CRUISING AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 600 FT. (AGL) PILOT READE STATED THAT HE EXECUTED A 30 (DEGREE)RIGHT BANK WHEN HE LOST FULL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT READE STATED THAT THE IARCRAFT'S RIGHT AILERON WAS FLUTTERING.  PILOT READE CIRECLED A FARMERS FILED APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE NORTH OF MID CONTINENT AIRPORT (M28) NEAR HIGHWAY 84.  WITH EACH CIRCLING PASS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED IN ALTITUDE AS PILOT READE ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FARMERS MUDDY FIELD.  THE RIGHT WING-TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND FIRST, AND THE AIRCRAFT CART-WHEELED COMING TO REST STANING VERTICALLY NOSE DOWN, APPROXIMATELY 65 YARDS FROM INITIAL GROUND CONTACT.  THE AIRCRAAFT WAS DESTROYED.  PILOT READE EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITH INJURIES.  THE INJURIES INCLUDED CUTS TO HIS FOREHEAD, TOW BROKEN RIBS AND A CRACKED COLLAR BONE.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ROD END CONNECTING THE RIGHT AILERON PUCH-PULL TUBE TO THE AILERON BELL CRANK INSIDE THE WING WAS NOT CONNECTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                        ^PRIVACY DAT^ ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## 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 CHI00LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA094), Mar 21, 2000: Cessna A188B (N4859Q), Hayti, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of maintenance personnel to properly install and connect the aileron control rod. Factors were the inadequate annual inspection by maintenance personnel and the aileron control not…

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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