# Accident 20011017034539A: Cessna A188B, Bolivar, TN, October 17, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2001, 11:10 local time
- Place: Bolivar, TN
- Airport: Bolivar-Hardeman County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.3199° N, 89.1407° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3199&lon=-89.1407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4784R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4784R-2006-02-13) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011017034539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSPECTOR'S STATEMENT: ON OCTOBER 18, 2001 INSPECTOR ALEX HANNERS AND MYSELF INVESTIGATED A CRASH INVOLVING N4784R OPERATED BY WILLIAM G. ROBERTS. MR. ROBERTS STATED THAT HE WAS ON A SPRAY RUN WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. HE PULLED UP TO CLEAR THE TREES AND TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BY TURNING THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL BOOST PUMP ON. MR. ROBERTS STATED THAT THE PROP WAS WIND MILLING BUT THE ENGINE NEVER TRIED TO START DUE TO HAVING ONLY 6-9 SECONDS BEFORE HE LANDED. HE LANDED IN AN OPEN GRASS FIELD NORTH OF WHERE HE WAS MAKING HIS SPRAY RUN. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED HITTING A FOUR FOOT TERRACE AND BOUNCED AGAIN HITTING A SMALL WASH OUT AREA. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED SIDEWAYS AND SLID TO A STOP. THE PILOT COULD NOT HAVE SEEN THE TERRACE AND WASHED OUT AREA DUE TO THE HIGH JOHNSON GRASS IN THE FIELD. DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT HITTING THE WASH OUT AREA THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT BROKE OFF AFT OF THE CANOPY AREA. INSPECTOR PETERS AND HANNERS EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT AND REMOVED THE FUEL LINE TO THE CYLINDER INJECTOR DISTRIBUTOR AND FOUND MINIMUM FUEL FLOW ON LOW PRESSURE SIDE (NORMAL OPERATION). THEN WE TURN THE FUEL PUMP TO THE HIGH PRESSURE SIDE AND FOUND SOME FUEL FLOW. INSPECTOR HANNERSAND MYSELF FOUND METAL PARTICLES IN THE ENGINE FUEL SCREEN. WE ALSO VERIFIED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD FUEL AND CHECK THE LOW POINT FUEL SUMP AND WAS FOUND TO BE OK. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE ENGINE FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTION AND THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE TIME TO RESTART DUE TO BEING AT A LOW ALTITUDE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 ATL02LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA015), Oct 17, 2001: Cessna 188B (N4784R), Whiteville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the engine driven fuel pump that contaminated the fuel system and restricted fuel flow to the engine.. A factor is rough/uneven terrain.

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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