- Date
- August 16, 1988, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oak City, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8284GCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880816034089A
- Case key
- 7558
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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) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system,line - looseCause
Fuel system - pressure too low
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8284G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801285T
- Airframe hours
- 3,048
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Danny Ellis, doing business as Diversified Service
- Registered owner
- Danny Ellis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- Hobgood, NC
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 3,150 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8284G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.