- Date
- August 19, 2003, 19:30 local (Aug 20, 2003, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Freeman, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8150VCessna 188A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-Rapid City FSDO
- FAA report
- 20030819020009A
- Case key
- 57732
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and clearance during landing roll. Additional factors included the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, the crosswind and the corn crop.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The part 137 aerial application airplane sustained substantial damage while landing on a private grass airstrip. The pilot reported he was landing to the south with the wind from the southeast. He stated the landing strip was "sheltered" from the left crosswind by corn crop on both sides of the strip. The pilot stated he overcorrected for the crosswind and bounced the landing. The airplane drifted left and the left wing impacted the corn. The pilot reported that the resulting drag on the left wing caused a "ground looping effect."
Factual narrative
On August 19, 2003, at 1930 central daylight time, a Cessna 188A, N8150V, operated by General Air Service, sustained substantial damage while landing on a private grass airstrip near Freeman, South Dakota. The pilot was not injured. The 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight had departed Menno, South Dakota, and was landing to take on more fuel and chemicals. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported he was landing to the south with the wind from the southeast. He reported that tall corn on both sides of the landing strip "sheltered the landing zone from [the] left crosswind effect." He reported, "I bounced the landing. I was over corrected for [the] crosswind." The airplane drifted left and the left wing impacted the corn. The pilot reported that the resulting drag on the left wing "caused [a] ground looping effect."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8150V
- Reported as
- Cessna 188A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-0400
- Airframe hours
- 4,395
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D22, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- General Air Service
- Registered owner
- Carroll Langeland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 2003 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- SD29 · Menno, SD
- Destination
- Freeman, SD
- Airport
- Private Airstrip, runway 18, 2,500 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 14, 2003
- Seat
- Single
- Flight hours
- 4,150 total · 100 in this make and model · 3,150 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- FSD, 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.
Other investigations on N8150V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.