# NTSB CHI07CA166: Cessna A188B, N9493G, Sargent, NE, June 8, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 8, 2007, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Sargent, NE
- Coordinates: 41.640209, -99.369712 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6402&lon=-99.3697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 30, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - Lincoln FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66236
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI07CA166
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66236/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA166

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate visual lookout and clearance from the hillside.  Factors contributing to the accident include the pilot's diverted attention, the hillside, and the glare from the setting sun.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - aerial application
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor)

## Analysis

The agricultural airplane was destroyed during a post-impact ground fire following an in-flight collision with terrain.  The pilot reported that the airplane impacted a hillside while he was circling around a pasture that was to be sprayed.  The pilot was reportedly trying to locate a map in the cockpit when the airplane struck the hillside.  The airplane was flying into the setting sun when the ground impact occurred.

## Factual narrative

The agricultural airplane was destroyed during a post-impact ground fire following an in-flight collision with terrain.  The pilot reported that the airplane impacted a hillside while he was circling around a pasture that was to be sprayed.  The pilot was reportedly trying to locate a map in the cockpit when the airplane struck the hillside.  The airplane was flying into the setting sun when the ground impact occurred.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9493G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9493G-2013-03-20), registration cancelled 2013-03-20, S/N 18801500, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna A188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18801500
- Airframe hours: 5100
- Engines: Continental IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Air Inc.
- Registered owner: Michael J. Hoard
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, February 1, 2007
- Departed: PVT, Comstock, NE

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: serious; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 1, 2007; seat: single; flight hours: 10,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 10,000 as pilot in command, 200 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 30.04 inHg
- Observed at: BBW

## 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 20070608013829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070608013829A), Jun 8, 2007: Cessna A188B, Sargent, NE, Destroyed. (-23) Pilot during aerial application was distracted looking for a map inside the aircraft. Aircraft struck a hilltop. Aircraft came to rest and a post impact…

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.

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