- Date
- March 8, 1991, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Harper, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8189VCessna A-188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910308004879A
- Case key
- 14811
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Probable cause
The pilot inadvertently stalling the airplane.
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 accident airplane was observed to pitch up, then pitch over, rotate on quarter turn to the right and descend vertically into the ground. No mechanical defects were discovered in the airframe or powerplant.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8189V
- Reported as
- Cessna A-188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-0439
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D-23, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Midwest Ag, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Elliott Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 8, 1991 · 7 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 10 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10,000,000 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 42 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.