# NTSB ATL84LA242: Cessna A188B, N2514, Prattville, AL, August 5, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1984, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Prattville, AL
- Coordinates: 32.509654, -86.559257 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5097&lon=-86.5593&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): 6513
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA242
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6513/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA242

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, maneuvering - aerial application
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, descent - uncontrolled
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A FIELD IN PREPARATION FOR AGRICULTURAL SRAYING, THE ENGINE FAILED. THE AIRCRAFTWAS PULLED UP INTO A CLIMBING LEFT TURN AND TURNED BACK TOWARD THE FIELD FOR A FORCED LANDING. THE AIRCRAFTS GLIDE WAS EXTENDED TO CLEAR HOUSE, AND AS THE HOUSE WAS CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT STALLED. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. POST CRASH INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL PRESENT. NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPILLAGE WAS FOUND IN THE CROPS AROUND THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT CAME TO REST.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2514 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A188B
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Farm Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, February 11, 1984
- Departed: PRATTVILLE, AL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 4,950 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 4,385 as pilot in command, 200 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19840805037669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840805037669A), Aug 5, 1984: Cessna A188B, Mulberry, AL, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on a spray run. Had to pull up to miss a house and stall landed beyond house.

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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