- Date
- August 4, 1990, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dazey, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8024VCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900804030469A
- Case key
- 14507
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Probable cause
A blockage of the fuel tank vent line. Contributing to the accident was the unsuitable terrain on which the pilot had to make the forced landing.
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 reported that while en route back to his home airfield following the conclusion of an aerial application flight, a total loss of engine power was experienced. A forced landing was made in an unharvested wheat field and the airplane was substantially damaged. Post-accident investigation revealed a foreign material blockage of the fuel tank vent line.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8024V
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1880274
- Airframe hours
- 2,772
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Lon E. Sinness
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1990 · 52 hours before
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,820 total · 300 in this make and model · 219 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JMS, 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 N8024V · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.