# Accident 20180817014369A: Cessna A188B, Whitewater, KS, August 17, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2018, 18:00 local time
- Place: Whitewater, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 72TG
- Location: 37.9992° N, 97.1153° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9992&lon=-97.1153&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 MOTOR IO 550
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 300 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA342) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180817014369A

## Narrative

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

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 HE ?FELT SOMETHING WASN?T RIGHT? AND DESCRIBED THE AIRCRAFT AS ?HARDLY FLYING ANYMORE?. HE DECIDED HE COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE NEARBY FARM, AS HE WAS TOO LOW, SO HE TURNED A BIT TO AVOID WIRES AND ATTEMPTED A LANDING IN THE 6 TO 7 FOOT TALL CORN. WHILE SKIDDING THROUGH THE CORN, HE RECALLED THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT BUT WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE PILOT EXITED THE PLANE UNHARMED.

## 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 CEN18LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA342), Aug 17, 2018: Cessna A188 (N9076R), Whitewater, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power due to low cylinder compression, which led to the forced landing following a pull-up maneuver. Contributing to the accident was the airplane’s high gross weight.

## Other reports on N9076R (2)

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

- [Accident 20070709016849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070709016849A), Jul 9, 2007: Cessna A188B (N9076R), Ulysses, KS, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 9, 2007, approximately 1000 central daylight time, a Cessna A188B single-engine agricultural airplane, N9076R, sustained substantial damage 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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