- Date
- July 14, 1988, 21:00 local (Jul 15, 1988, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Douglas, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N91217Cessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880714027669A
- Case key
- 7540
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel consumption calculations - inaccurateCause
Forced landing
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91217
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802029T
- Airframe hours
- 4,124
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Souther Field Aviation, doing business as Souther Crop Spraying, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Souther Crop Spaying Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 7, 1988 · 123 hours before
- Destination
- 18J
N91217Registration cancelled Jul 18, 2008 · Cessna A188BAirframe modelCessna A188BEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 8,381 total · 322 in this make and model · 8,312 as pilot in command · 122 in the last 90 days · 122 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.