# Accident 20080612838709A: Cessna A188B, June 12, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2008, 14:00 local time
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: R08G
- Location: 38.3428° N, 98.2267° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3428&lon=-98.2267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9639G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9639G-2016-04-21) (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: 15,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080612838709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 5-26-08 THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LYONS RICE COUNTY AIRPORT (LYO) WITH APPROXIMATELY 170 GALLONS OF CHEMICAL ONBOARD TO PERFORM AN AERIAL APPLICATION.  SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER AND MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO LYO WHERE MAINTNENANCE REPLACED THE MAGNETOS, SPARK PLUGS AND CHECKED THE FUEL SYSTEM.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUND RUN AND FLIGHT TESTED WITH NO DISCREPANIES.  ON 6-12-08 THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LYO LOADED WITH 150 GALLONS OF CHEMICAL ONBOARD TO PERFORM AN AERIAL APPLICATION.  AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT CIRCLED THE AIRPORT FOR SEVERAL PASSES WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED.  THE PILOT DEPARTED THE AIRPORT TO THE EAST AND AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 MILES THE ENGINE AGAIN LOST POWER.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO SEIZE COMPLETELY.  AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING WAS EXECUTED AND DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A WATERWAY DITCH EMBANKMENT REMOVING THE LEFT LANDING GEAR LEG FROM THE AIRFRAME IN THE CENTER SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE TO LYO.

## 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 DEN08LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA103), Jun 12, 2008: Cessna A188B (N9639G), Lyons, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the dirt embankment.

## Other reports on N9639G (1)

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

- [Accident 20020730017599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020730017599A), Jul 30, 2002: N9639G, Nickerson, KS, Substantial damage. (.19) On July 30, 2002, at 2050 central daylight time, a Cessna A188B, N9639G, operated by rice county aerial sprayers, inc. was substantially damaged during a…

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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