- Date
- August 26, 1991
- Place
- New Market, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8284GCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910826036759A
- Case key
- 11700
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel. A factor related to the accident was: the inoperative fuel quantity gages.
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 said that the engine lost power during cruise flight as he was returning from an aerial application. He stated that his fuel gages were not operative, and during the preflight, he estimated that he had about 1.5 hours of fuel aboard. He said the flight lasted about 50 minutes. The aircraft was landed in a field where it collided with a ditch and was damaged. The pilot stated that the accident could have been prevented if he had been more careful in checking the fuel tanks and refueling after each trip. Examination of the aircraft revealed the fuel tanks were empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8284G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801285T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Leroy Rawding
- Registered owner
- First State Aerial Applicators
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- CGE · Cambridge, MD
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,338 total · 110 in this make and model · 1,261 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NHK, 20 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.
Other investigations on N8284G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.