# Accident 20020909027589A: Cessna A188B, Dexter, MO, September 9, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2002, 10:20 local time
- Place: Dexter, MO
- Airport: Dexter Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: R4DG
- Location: 36.7898° N, 89.9608° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7898&lon=-89.9608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4919Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4919Q-2013-07-19) (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 CHI02LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA282) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020909027589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT OBTAINED FROM THE PILOT, HE STATED HE DEPARTED DEXTER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AT 8:58 A.M. FOR AN AERIAL APPLICATION TO A COTTON FIELD APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES SOUTHEAST. AT 10:20 A.M. DURING A TURN TO SET UP FOR A FINAL PASS THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE PROPELLER CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. PILOT STATED HE VERIFIED MIXTURE WAS FULL RICH, THROTTLE FULL FORWARD, MAGNETOS BOTH ON, AND MASTER WAS ON. PILOT TRIED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A TURN ROW ORIENTED 90 DEGREES FROM THE PATH THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING, BUT WHILE TURNING TOWARD THE LANDING POINT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND PRIOR TO REACHING IT AND SKIDDED SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE TURN ROW.

## 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 CHI02LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA282), Sep 9, 2002: Cessna A188B (N4919Q), Dexter, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue fracture of the connecting rod, the recommended engine overhaul not performed by the company, and the low altitude flight.

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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