# NTSB CHI94LA012: Cessna A188B, N4788Q, Wall, SD, October 12, 1993 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 11, 1993, 18:00 local (Oct 12, 1993, 00:00 UTC) - Place: Wall, SD - Coordinates: 43.989086, -102.230155 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9891&lon=-102.2302&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 7, 1994 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 9411 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI94LA012 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9411/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA012 ## Probable cause FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT GROUND SWERVE. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE PILOT'S LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE TYPE (MAKE AND MODEL) OF AIRPLANE. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause) - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor) - Main gear collapsed, landing - roll - landing gear,main gear - overload ## Analysis THE PILOT HAD JUST PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE AND WAS FLYING IT FROM THE POINT OF PURCHASE IN WINNER, SOUTH DAKOTA, TO HIS HOME IN MONTANA. WHILE LANDING AT THE FIRST EN ROUTE STOP, HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. IN A STATEMENT, THE PILOT SAID HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A THREE POINT LANDING, WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE MADE WHEEL LANDINGS UNTIL HE WAS MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPLANE. ## Factual narrative On October 11, 1993, at 1800 mountain daylight time, a Cessna A188B, N4788Q, sustained substantial damage when the left main landing gear collapsed, after the airplane departed the runway during landing rollout at the Wall Municipal Airport, Wall, South Dakota. The commercial pilot was not injured. The personal flight originated at Winner, South Dakota. No flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The pilot had just purchased the airplane and was flying it to his home in Montana. He reported directional control was lost when the airplane started skidding to the right. In a written statement he said: "I was attempting a 3 point landing. I should have attempted wheel landings until [I was] more familiar with this aircraft." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N4788Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4788Q-2000-01-11), registration cancelled 2000-01-11, S/N 18802530T (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B - Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18802530T - Airframe hours: 2558 - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Thomas L. Hlavnicka - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Provisional (Special); Special, Restricted (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, September 15, 1993, 4 hours before - Departed: SD39, WINNER, SD - Destination: 6V4 - Airport: 6V4, Wall Muni, runway 12, 3,500 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 34; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 1,500 total, 4 in this make and model, 1,400 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 350° at 8 knots - Visibility: 16 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: RAP, 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 19931011038509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931011038509A), Oct 11, 1993: Cessna A188B, Wall, SD, Substantial damage. Just purchased. Lost directional control landing. Skidded off runway. Collapsed left main gear. ## Other investigations on N4788Q (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 SEA99LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA095), Jun 24, 1999: Cessna A188B (N4788Q), Big Sandy, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance between the wire and his aircraft. A transmission wire and downdraft were factors. - [NTSB CHI91DCJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91DCJ08), Sep 9, 1991: Cessna 188B (N4788Q), Belgrade, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO TAKE ADEQUATE REMEDIAL ACTION. A RELATED FACTOR IS THE PREMATURE LIFTOFF. - [NTSB MKC81DCJ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCJ26), Aug 1, 1981: Cessna 188 (N4788Q), Rising City, NE, 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.