# NTSB CHI91DCQ04: Cessna A-188, N8189V, Harper, KS, March 8, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: March 8, 1991, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Harper, KS
- Coordinates: 37.279438, -98.020469 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2794&lon=-98.0205&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 14, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14811
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI91DCQ04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14811/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91DCQ04

## Probable cause

THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY STALLING THE AIRPLANE.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering - aerial application
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - ground

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8189V-2013-05-13), registration cancelled 2013-05-13, S/N 188-0439, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A-188
- 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: 188-0439
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19910308004879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910308004879A), Mar 8, 1991: Cessna A188, Harper, KS, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Pitched up,rolled and impacted ground vertically during a spray run. Cause not determined.

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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