# Accident 20151024018449A: Cessna A188A, Eureka, UT, October 24, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2015, 16:30 local time
- Place: Eureka, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 8RSG
- Location: 39.9531° N, 112.0447° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9531&lon=-112.0447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4401Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4401Q-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188A (registry code 2073008, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,411 total, 131 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151024018449A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN FIELD, AFTER INPACT FIRE REPORTED. NO HAZMAT ON BOARD, PILOT WAS SEEDING. NO INJURIES TO PILOT.

WHILE RESEEDING AT ABOUT 300 FEET AGL, AIRCRAFT TURNED DOWN WIND AND SETTLED INTO THE GROUND. PILOT STATED THAT A MORNING CABYON WIND OUT OF THE WEST WAS PUSHING DOWNHILL.

## 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 GAA16CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA027), Oct 24, 2015: Cessna A188A (N4401Q), Elberta, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for wind while maneuvering at a low altitude, resulting in a collision with terrain and a postcrash fire.

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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