# NTSB CHI90DTG01: Cessna 188, N8024V, Dazey, ND, August 4, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1990, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place: Dazey, ND
- Coordinates: 47.179397, -98.199005 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1794&lon=-98.1990&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 12, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14507
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90DTG01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14507/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90DTG01

## 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

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - fuel system,vent - blocked(total) (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - terrain condition - none suitable
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8024V-1993-08-03), registration cancelled 1993-08-03, S/N 1880274 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188
- Registry model: [Cessna 188](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188) (registry code 2073002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1880274
- Airframe hours: 2772
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900804030469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900804030469A), Aug 4, 1990: Cessna 188CESSNA, Dazey, ND, Substantial damage. Returning to base from a spray run engine quit. Crashed on landing. Found fuel tank vent plugged by foreign object.

## Other investigations on N8024V (3)

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 CHI80FER63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FER63), Aug 1, 1980: Cessna 188 (N8024V), Long Prairie, MN, substantial damage
- [NTSB SEA69D0230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA69D0230), Apr 11, 1969: Cessna 188 (N8024V), Genesee, ID, substantial damage
- [NTSB SEA69F0049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA69F0049), Jul 25, 1968: Cessna 188 (N8024V), Sunnyside, WA, 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.

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