# Accident 20000526006299A: Cessna A188B, Sublette, KS, May 26, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 26, 2000, 16:15 local time - Place: Sublette, KS - Airport: Private - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll - Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137) - Operator: RBIG - Location: 37.4706° N, 100.8394° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4706&lon=-100.8394&mi=10 - Aircraft: N9076R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9076R-2020-05-02) (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: 4,913 total, 2,932 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA147) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526006299A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON MAY 26, 2000, AT APPROX. 4:30 PM, A CESSNA A188B OWNED AND OPERATE D BY^PRIVACY DATA OM^RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING TAKEOFF FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP APPROX. 9 MILES NE OF SUBLETE, KANSAS. THE PART 137 FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VFR CONDITIONS AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE A/C RECEIVED DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS, FUSELAGE, LANDING GEAR AND EMPENNAGE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE TAKEOFF ROLL WAS NORMAL UNTIL APPROX. .4 MILE DOWN THE NARROW RUNWAY. HE SAID THAT RUTS CAUSED THE A/C TO VEER TO THE LEFT AND THE A/C LEFT WING CONTACTED THE WHEAT AND PULLED THE A/C INTO THE WHEAT FIELD. THIS REPORT CLOSED THIS ACCIDENT. (.4) ON MAY 26, 2000, AT 1600 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA A188B, N9076R, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING TAKEOFF FROM A PRIVATE FIELD, NEAR SUBLETTE KANSAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE 14 CFR PART 137 FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING UNDER A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE LOCAL AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT, IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, SAID "THE PLANE WAS ABOUT READY FOR LIFT OFF WHEN I HIT A RUT CAUSING THE PLANE TO PULL SHARPLY TO THE LEFT. I PULLED BACK ON THE STICK TO LIFT OFF, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE LEFT BOOM HIT THE WHEAT, CAUSING THE PLANE TO ROTATE APPROX. 1 1/2 TURNS COUNTER CLOCKWISE JUST ABOVE THE WHEAT. THE PLANE TRAVELED APPROX. 400 FEET THROUGH THE AIR, HITTING TAIL SECTION FIRST (THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING FULL R.P.M.'S I IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE MIXTURE AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THERE WAS NO PROP STRIKE, NO INJURIES TO PILOT BUT MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT." THE PILOT LATER STATED, "PROBABLE CAUSE OF ACCIDENT: PILOT ASSUMED TOO MUCH; NEEDED TO CHECK THINGS OUT BETTER, ESPECIALLY THE RUNWAY. PROBABLE CAUSE OF ACCIDENT DUE TO PILOT ERROR." ## 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 CHI00LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA147), May 26, 2000: Cessna A188B (N9076R), Sublette, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to attain aircraft control. Factors to the accident were the uneven terrain, the failure of the pilot to maintain directional control on the ground, and the crop. ## Other reports on N9076R (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20180817014369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180817014369A), Aug 17, 2018: Cessna A188B (N9076R), Whitewater, KS, Substantial damage. Shortly after 6:00 pm, Friday, 08/17/2018 - pilot stated after making the second spray pass over a field of corn, he pulled up and started into his turn when… - [Accident 20070709016849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070709016849A), Jul 9, 2007: Cessna A188B (N9076R), Ulysses, KS, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 9, 2007, approximately 1000 central daylight time, a Cessna A188B single-engine agricultural airplane, N9076R, sustained substantial damage when… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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