# Accident 20070709016849A: Cessna A188B, Ulysses, KS, July 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2007, 09:55 local time
- Place: Ulysses, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RBKG
- Location: 37.6039° N, 101.3733° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6039&lon=-101.3733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9076R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9076R-2020-05-02) (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 IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,426 total, 53 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070709016849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 9, 2007, APPROXIMATELY 1000 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA A188B SINGLE-ENGINE AGRICULTURAL AIRPLANE, N9076R, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB NEAR ULYSSES, KANSAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY TRI ROTOR SPRAY AND CHEMICAL, ULYSSES, KANSAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 137 AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 DEN07LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA114), Jul 9, 2007: Cessna A188B (N9076R), Ulysses, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

## Other reports on N9076R (2)

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

- [Accident 20180817014369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180817014369A), Aug 17, 2018: Cessna A188B (N9076R), Whitewater, KS, Substantial damage. Shortly after 6:00 pm, Friday, 08/17/2018 - pilot stated after making the second spray pass over a field of corn, he pulled up and started into his turn when…
- [Accident 20000526006299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526006299A), May 26, 2000: Cessna A188B (N9076R), Sublette, KS, Substantial damage. On may 26, 2000, at approx. 4:30 pm, a Cessna A188B owned and operate d by[privacy data omitted]received substantial damage during takeoff from a Private…

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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