- Date
- May 27, 2026, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Blair, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N84497Cessna A188B
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20260527005949A
- Case key
- 203062
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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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On May 27, 2026, about 1130 central daylight time, a Cessna A188B airplane, N84497, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Blair, Nebraska. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, he flew the airplane from Millard Airport (MLE) in Omaha, Nebraska, to Blair Executive Airport (BTA) in Blair, Nebraska. When he landed the airplane at BTA, he was not satisfied with the landing, so he increased power after the airplane touched down on the runway to take off again. He reported that the airplane’s engine had a reduction in power shortly after takeoff, and he landed the airplane in an adjacent field. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. A postaccident examination revealed that the throttle cable was disconnected from the throttle body. A review of the airplane maintenance logbooks revealed that the throttle body was recently serviced. The airplane was recovered from the accident site, and it was transported to a secure location for future examination.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84497
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801989T
- Built
- 1974
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- N84497 LLC
- Registered owner
- N84497 LLC
- Departed
- MLE · Omaha, NE
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- KBTA · Blair Executive Airport
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- KBTA
- METAR
- KBTA 271635Z AUTO 22007KT 10SM SCT040 26/16 A3006
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.