# NTSB ATL84LA238: Cessna A188, N9156G, Hartsfield, SC, July 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 30, 1984, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Hartsfield, SC
- Coordinates: 34.360298, -80.079223 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3603&lon=-80.0792&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6510
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA238
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6510/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA238

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Fire, maneuvering
  - electrical system - fire (cause)
- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, maneuvering
  - engine assembly - undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - fuselage - burned (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18801400
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 59; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840730036219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840730036219A), Jul 30, 1984: Cessna A188B, Hartsville, SC, Destroyed. Aircraft had electrical fire inflight. Pilot made emergency landing and aircraft burned on ground.

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.

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