# Accident 20130507012429A: Cessna A188B, Lyons, KS, May 7, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2013, 10:25 local time
- Place: Lyons, KS
- Airport: Lyons-Rice County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: R08G
- Location: 38.3494° N, 98.1993° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3494&lon=-98.1993&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731JF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731JF-2015-05-14) (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 MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 724 total, 184 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA260) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130507012429A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING A SPRAY SWATH OVER THE TURF RUNWAY(17L) AT LYONS-RICE COUNTY AIRPORT (LYO).  PILOT HAD COMPLETED THE FIRST PASS OVER THE TURF RUNWAY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AND IN THE SUBSEQUENT TURN TO LINE UP WITH RUNWAY 17L TO SPRAY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND STRUCK THE GROUND SLIGHTLY RIGHT OF CENTER LINE FOR  RUNWAY 17L AND APPROXIMATELY .53 MILES FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOSING ALTITUDE AS HE COMPLETED HIS TURN TO THE RUNWAY AND HE APPLIED FULL THROTTLE BUT DID NOT FEEL THE AIRCRAFT RESPONDED APPROPRIATELY.  THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND STRUCK THE GROUND IN A RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE, BENDING THE OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE WING IN AN UPWARD POSITION AND SEVERING THE RIGHT WING COMPLETELY.  THE AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE BOUNCED FROM THE FIRST IMPACT TO ALLOW THE RIGHT WING TO FOLD UNDER THE FUSELAGE AND COME TO REST UNDER THE LEFT WING.  THE SECOND IMPACT WAS AT A SLIGHT ANGLE WHICH CAUSED THE TAIL TO BREAK OFF TO THE RIGHT AND NEARLY SEPARATE FROM THE FUSELAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS VERY SUBSTANTUALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT HAD MINOR INJURIES INCLUDING BRUISING FROM THE SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER HARNESS.

## 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 CEN13LA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA260), May 7, 2013: Cessna A188B (N731JF), Lyons, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power due to fuel contamination, which resulted in impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, during which he failed…

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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