# Accident 20000701013309A: Cessna A188B, Belzoni, MS, July 1, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2000, 16:00 local time
- Place: Belzoni, MS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: YP7G
- Location: 33.1453° N, 90.5153° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1453&lon=-90.5153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53208, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53208-2017-03-06) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000701013309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C LOST POWER WHILE SPRAYING AND ON A RACETRACK FOR ANOTHER SWATH RUN. AS A RESULT OF FUEL STARVATION NO FUEL IN EITHER FUEL CELL.            (.4)ON JULY 1, 2000, ABOUT 1600 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA A188B, N53208, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY CPS FLYING SERVICE, INC., CRASHED WHILE MAKING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, WHILE ON A TITLE 14 CFR PART 137 AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BELZONI, MISSISSIPPI, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1550. THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED AT 1540, AFTER AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT TO RELOAD CHEMICALS AND REFUEL THE AIRCRAFT. HE PARKED AT THE LOADING AREA AND AS THE CHEMICALS WERE BEING LOADED, HE TALKED WITH THE CUSTOMER ABOUT WHAT FIELDS WERE TO BE SPRAYED NEXT. AFTER CHEMICAL LOADING WAS FINISHED HE TAXIED FOR TAKEOFF, WITHOUT REALIZING THAT HE HAD NOT REFUELED THE AIRCRAFT. AT TAKEOFF, THE LEFT FUEL TANK GAUGE SHOWED EMPTY AND THE RIGHT FUEL TANK GAUGE SHOWED 1/4 TO 1/2 FULL. HE DEPARTED ABOUT 1550. AFTER ARRIVING OVER THE FIELD, WHIC H WAS ABOUT 4 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT, HE COMPLETED TWO SWATH RUNS. AS HE PULLED UP OUT OF THE FIELD ON THE THIRD SWATH RUN, THE ENGINE SURGED. HE TURNED TO THE LEFT TO SET UP FOR A LANDING IN THE FIELD. THE ENGINE REGAINED POWER AND THEN SURGED AND QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT PANCAKED INTO THE FIELD AND THE LANDING GEAR FOLDED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ABOUT 100 FEET AND CAME TO REST. POSTCRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY AN FAA INSPECTOR SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL TANKS CONTAINED NO USABLE FUEL.

## 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 MIA00LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA197), Jul 1, 2000: Cessna A188B (N53208), Belzoni, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to refuel prior to departure resulting in loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N53208 (1)

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

- [Incident 19881016063909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881016063909I), Oct 16, 1988: Cessna A188B (N53208), Vernon, TX, Minor damage. While making a fast left turn onto a taxiway after landing the wing tip hit the ground.

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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