# Accident 20020730017599A: Cessna A188B, Nickerson, KS, July 30, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2002, 20:50 local time
- Place: Nickerson, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: R08G
- Location: 38.1397° N, 98.0794° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1397&lon=-98.0794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9639G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9639G-2016-04-21) (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)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA223) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020730017599A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JULY 30, 2002, AT 2050 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA A188B, N9639G, OPERATED BY RICE COUNTY AERIAL SPRAYERS, INC. WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE SPRAYING AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE 14 CFR PART 137 AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE RICE COUNTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (LYO), LYONS, KANSAS, AT 2030. (-23) ON 07/30/02 AT APPROXIMATELY 2050 LOCAL, WHILE CONDUCTING AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS, A CESSNA CE-188-A188B AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY RANDALL H. REAVES (CERT. NO.2139381), ENCOUNTERED AN UNSCHEDULED ROLL BACK IN POWER. THE PILOT CONTINUED TO FLY AT AN APPROXIMATE 270 DEGREE HEADING TO A NEARBY AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE AWAY. AS THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER, THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO LAND ABOUT 100 YARDS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OUT THROUGH THE HAY FIELD AND THROUGH THE OUTER CORNER OF A CORN FIELD, THE PILOT, THEN NOTICED A DIRT MOUND OBSTACLE IN HIS PATH AND ATTEMP                                                     TED TO GROUND LOOP THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH THE OBSTACLE. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLIDE IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE OBSTACLE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI02LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA223), Jul 31, 2002: Cessna A188B (N9639G), Nickerson, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel starvation due to the fuel contamination, the blocked fuel strainer, and the refueling truck's contaminated fuel. A factor was the berm.

## Other reports on N9639G (1)

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

- [Accident 20080612838709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080612838709A), Jun 12, 2008: Cessna A188B (N9639G), Substantial damage. (-23) On 5-26-08 the aircraft departed lyons rice county airport (lyo) with approximately 170 gallons of chemical onboard to perform an aerial application.…

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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