# Incident 20000830028429I: Cessna A188B, Sicitly Island, LA, August 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2000, 17:00 local time
- Place: Sicitly Island, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Aircraft: N9316G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9316G-2009-04-07) (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 IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,213 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000830028429I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED HE WAS RETURNING TO BASE FROM SPRAYING WHEN THE ENGINE SPUTTERED. HE PLACED THE FUEL BOOST PUMP ON AND THE ENGINE SURGED SHORTLY AND THEN QUIT, LANDED IN FIELD.  APPROACHING A DITCH, HE PULLED AIRCRAFT BACK INTO THE AIR AND STALLED ABOUT 10 FEET OF THE GROUND.  DURING PILOT INTERVIEW, HE STATED THAT THE FUELERS HAD BEEN OVERFLOWING HIS TANKS AND HE ASKED THEM NOT TO OVERFLOW FUEL INTO THE WING.  HE FELT THAT THE FUEL LOAD WAS NOT COMPLETELY FULL ON THIS FLIGHT SINCE HE HAD OVERFLOWN THE AMOUNT OF TIME AIRBORNE BEFORE.  HE ALSO STATED THE RECORD HEAT DAY MAY HAVE AFFECTED THE ENGINE PERFORMANCE.  ON SCENE INVESTIGATION YIELDED TANKS DRY AND APPROXIMATELY ONE PINT DRAINED FROM MAIN SUMP.  AIRCRAFT DAMAGED REPAIRED AND FERRIED OUT OF FIELD.

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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