- Date
- July 29, 1995, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bremen, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9980GCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950729020959A
- Case key
- 9962
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate preflight planning. Deteriating aircraft performance was a factor.
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 pilot reported that he was spraying a field east of Bremen, north dakota. The airplane was running well with no problems. He reported that he had 180 gallons of chemicals on board and was too heavy. He tried to land in a wheat field by applying full power and two (2) notches of flaps, but hit a fence post two hundred feet short of the field. He reported that he had 'nobody to blame but myself' and he was 'loaded to heavy.'
Factual narrative
On July 29, 1995, at 0900 central daylight time, a Cessna 188, N9980G, was destroyed by fire after the pilot made a forced landing after the airplane hit a gate post during aerial application. The commercial pilot received no injuries. The 14 CFR Part 137 flight departed New Rockford, North Dakota, on a local flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported that he was spraying a field east of Bremen, North Dakota, and the airplane was running well with no problems. He reported that he had 180 gallons of chemicals on board and was too heavy. He tried to land in a wheat field by applying full power and two (2) notches of flaps, but hit a fence post two hundred feet short of the field. He reported that he had "nobody to blame but myself" and he was "loaded to heavy."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9980G
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18800780
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Gary D. Georgeson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- ND47 · New Rockford, ND
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,526 total · 15 in this make and model · 110 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JMS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.