- Date
- September 1, 1992, 09:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sylvania, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9450GCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920901035349A
- Case key
- 8655
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Probable cause
An inadequate preflight inspection by the pilot which resulted in fuel contamination and a loss of engine power.
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.
Analysis
The pilot completed a preflight inspection which included checking fuel samples for contaminates; no contaminates were reported. The pilot loaded the chemicals on the airplane, flew 15 minutes to the soybean field and started the spraying operation. After spaying about 100 gallons, the airplane collided with trees surrounding the field. The pilot did not recall the events of the accident, nor were there witnesses to the accident. However, two people near the accident site, recalled different accounts of the engine operation prior to the collision. An examination of the engine revealed the presence of water in the fuel manifold valve and number 6 cylinder; impact forces damaged the fuel tanks. The engine operated normally during the post-crash examination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9450G
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801488T
- Airframe hours
- 4,946
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Hilde, Richard L.
- Registered owner
- Hilde, Richard L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 14, 1992 · 99 hours before
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,835 total · 2,145 in this make and model · 3,675 as pilot in command · 350 in the last 90 days · 175 in the last 30 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAV, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.