- Date
- May 6, 1991, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mingo, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9374RCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910506065339A
- Case key
- 14812
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain a visual lookout while performing aerial application. A factor associated with the accident is soft terrain in the selected landing area.
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 struck a powerline while performing aerial application. The pilot elected to make an off airport precautionary landing and nosed down during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9374R
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802264T
- Airframe hours
- 4,222
- Engine
- Continental IO 520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Kenneth J. Bixenman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 23, 1991 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- CBK · Colby, KS
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 750 in this make and model · 948 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 16 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLD, 30 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.