- Date
- May 9, 1993, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Garden City, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N731DDCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 15715
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's not maintaining proper altitude.
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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Analysis
The pilot was making practice aerial application maneuvers when his attention was distracted to a flow device in the cockpit. While his attention was inside the airplane the airplane descended into the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731DD
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802807T
- Airframe hours
- 2,760
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Air Ag Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Air Ag Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 25, 1993 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- GCK
- Destination
- GCK
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 6,342 total · 6,342 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F