# Accident 20140813014199A: Cessna 188, Columbus, NM, August 13, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2014, 09:30 local time
- Place: Columbus, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.8197° N, 107.6394° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8197&lon=-107.6394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9849V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9849V-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 188 (registry code 2073002, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,780 total, 70 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA432](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA432) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140813014199A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS SPRAYING CHEMICALS FROM HIS AIRCRAFT OVER HIS OWN LAND.  BEGAN SPRAYING A SECOND LOAD AND THE AGENT COULD NOT BE DISPENSED.  PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT WHERE HE HAD TAKEN OFF AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND WITH 100 GALLONS ON AGENT ON BOARD.  PILOT HIT HARD ON LANDING, BOUNCED, AND THEN INITIATED A GO-AROUND.  AIRCRAFT COULD NOT GO-AROUND.  AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN FIELD AND FLIPPED UP SIDE DOWN.

PILOT ADMITTED THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE DUMP LEVER.

AIRCRAFT DESTROYED.  PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

## 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 CEN14LA432](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA432), Aug 13, 2014: Cessna 188 - Undesignat (N9849V), Columbus, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to release the load of agricultural product before the landing approach and his failure to maintain aircraft control during an initial climb after an aborted landing, which…

## Other reports on N9849V (1)

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

- [Accident 19950408020459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950408020459A), Apr 8, 1995: Cessna 188CESSNA (N9849V), Meade, KS, Substantial damage. Settled on climbout. Dumped load but unable to check high sink rate. Had full fuel and load.

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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