# Accident 20050905020079A: Cessna A188B, Blytheville, AR, September 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2005, 12:24 local time
- Place: Blytheville, AR
- Airport: Blytheville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: PM8G
- Location: 35.9295° N, 89.9196° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9295&lon=-89.9196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9083G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9083G-2006-02-16) (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*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 20,600 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA229) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050905020079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 05, 2005 AT 12:25 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 188B, N9083G, LEASED TO ^PRIVACY DAT^ (MEYERS FLYING SERVICE) BLYTHVILLE, ARKANSAS, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA O^, AN ATP RATED PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IMPACTED THE GROUND ON THE WEST SIDE OF BYH RUNWAYS 180/360 AND SUFFERED A POST CRASH FIRE, FATALLY INJURING THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ THE SOLE OCCUPANT. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VMC AT THE TIME. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS A RESIDENT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND WAS IN ARKANSAS FLYING THE ABOVE MENTIONED AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^   CONTRACTS FOR THE LOCAL BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION PROGRAM. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ HAD FULL FUEL AND THE HOPPER CONTAINED MALATION. WITNESS STATEMENTS (3) EXPLAIN THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS FLYING OVER THE RUNWAY VERY LOW ON A HEADING OF 180, POSSIBLY CHECKING HIS INSTRUMENTS AND MADE A CLIMBING RIGHT TURN AND THEY COULDN'T SEE HIM ANYMORE (HE WAS BEHIND THE HANGARS). AT THIS TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^    , A LOCAL BUSINESS MAN, HAD JUST LANDED AND HAD PARKED HIS AIRPLANE IN HIS HANGAR. ^PRIVACY DATA O^ GOT IN HIS CAR AND WAS DRIVING JUST NORTH OF THE HANGARS WHEN HE SAW THE PILOT ^PR^  ^PRIVACY D^ IN A RIGHT TURN BUT WAS DESCENDING AND CONTINUED INTO THE GROUND. HE TOLD THIS INSPECTOR THE FIRE STARTED IMMEDIATELY AND HE WAS THERE IN LESS THAN A MINUTE AND THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ APPEARED UNCONSCIOUS. HE SAID THE FIRE IMMEDIATELY ENGULFED THE AIRCRAFT BUT HE COULD NOT GET THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ OUT. IN CONVERSATION WITH ^PRIVACY DATA O^ HE TOLD THIS INSPECTOR THE ENGINE SOUNDED GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD PLENTY OF AIRSPEED AND DID NOT STALL. CESSNA AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT ON 9/7/05. INSPECTION OF THIS AIRCRAFT DISCLOSED NO DISCONTINUITIES OF FLIGHT CONTROLS THAT WERE VISIBLE. TOXOLOGY KIT WAS DRAWN BY THE DEPUTY CORONER.

## 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 DFW05LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA229), Sep 5, 2005: Cessna A188B (N9083G), Blytheville, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N9083G (2)

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

- [Incident 19901018053749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901018053749I), Oct 18, 1990: Cessna A188B (N9083G), Coyanosa, TX, Minor damage. Engine failed to develop power to sustain flight. Forced landing. Density altitude may have been a factor.
- [Accident 19750905030929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750905030929A), Sep 5, 1975: Cessna A188B (N9083G), Monitor, WA, Substantial damage. Flew over wires,then under. Lost ctl after pull-up.

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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