# Accident 20030515022559A: Cessna A188B, Kinta, OK, May 15, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Kinta, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.2889° N, 95.0939° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2889&lon=-95.0939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4931R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4931R) (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*
- Pilot flight hours: 4,993 total, 3,397 in this make and model, 235 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030515022559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED DURING A PHONE CONVERSATION ON 05/15/2003 THAT HE THOUGHT HIS GROUND HELP PUT FUEL IN THE AIRCRAFT, HOWEVER HIS GROUND HELP THOUGHT PAUL THE PILOT PUT THE FUEL IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT THEN OPERATED THE AIRCRAFT FOR AROUND AN HOUR BEFORE RUNNING OUT OF FUEL. (-23) SEE PILOT STATEMENT FAXED TO THE OKLAHOMA CITY FSDO ON 05/20/2003.

## 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 FTW03LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA151), May 15, 2003: Cessna A188B (N4931R), Kinta, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to supervise the refueling of the aircraft and failure to use his before takeoff checklist.

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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