- Date
- July 30, 1984, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hartsfield, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9156GCessna A188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840730036219A
- Case key
- 6510
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Fire
Electrical system - fireCause
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly - undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Fuselage - burnedFactor
Analysis
The plt said he smelled an electrical fire while spraying. He elected to land but before he could the engine quit. A forced landing was made in a cornfield. The acft burned. The fire origin was not located in the totally burned wreckage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9156G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801400
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-P, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- B.W. Curry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 16, 1984 · 25 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 25,800 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.