# Accident 20040515012249A: Cessna 188B, Harrisonville, MO, May 15, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2004, 17:50 local time
- Place: Harrisonville, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: SS6G
- Location: 38.6083° N, 94.3478° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6083&lon=-94.3478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N188SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N188SA-2012-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 188B (registry code 2073007, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040515012249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED LIBERY, MISSOURI, AREA AFTER COMPLETING AERIAL APPLICATION AND WAS ENROUTE TO THE LAWRENCE SMITH MEMORIAL AIRPORT (LRY) IN HARRISONVILLE, MISSOURI. APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES NORTH OF LRY, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED TREES DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING. NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL WAS DETECTED IN THE FUEL TANKS OR AROUND THE AIRCRAFT AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE. A POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED A BROKEN FUEL LINE LEADING FROM THE FUEL SELECTOR TO THE LEFT WING TANK. NO DEFINITIVE CAUSE OF ENGINE MALFUNCTION CAN BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME.

## 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 CHI04LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA120), May 15, 2004: Cessna 188B (N188SA), Pleasant Hill, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's improper fuel calculations. Contributing factors to the accident included the inaccurate fuel gage and the trees.

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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