# NTSB CHI03LA271: Cessna 188A, N8150V, Freeman, SD, August 20, 2003 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 19, 2003, 19:30 local (Aug 20, 2003, 00:30 UTC) - Place: Freeman, SD - Coordinates: 43.349746, -97.430923 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3497&lon=-97.4309&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 2, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA-Rapid City FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 57732 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI03LA271 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/57732/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA271 ## 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 In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor) - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor) ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8150V), registered now, S/N 188-0400, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 188A - Registry model: [Cessna A188](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (registry code 2073004) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 188-0400 - Airframe hours: 4395 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20030819020009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030819020009A), Aug 19, 2003: Cessna A188, Freeman, SD, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot carrol langeland ground looped N8150V, CE-188 while landing at Freeman, south dakota. The pilot escaped without injuries, while the aircraft… ## Other investigations on N8150V (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB FTW72DRG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72DRG16), Aug 10, 1971: Cessna 188 (N8150V), San Ygnacio, TX, substantial damage From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.