# NTSB DEN84LA118: Cessna A188B, N92593, Hardin, MT, March 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 28, 1984, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Hardin, MT
- Coordinates: 45.70058, -107.689315 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7006&lon=-107.6893&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16356
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA118
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16356/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA118

## 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
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PLT RETURNED TO THE ARPT WITH ABOUT A 100 GAL LOAD OF SPRAY SOLUTION ON BOARD WHEN THE FLAGGER WOULD NOT WORK. DURING THE LANDING, THE ACFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT & THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE GEAR OR BRAKES WAS FOUND. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE WIND WAS CALM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N92593](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92593), registered now, S/N 18802067T, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18802067
- Airframe hours: 2646
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Larry J Romine, doing business as J&L Aviation
- Registered owner: Marvin Knutson
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, February 27, 1984, 10 hours before
- Airport: MT02, Fairgrounds, runway 4, 3,500 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 2,340 total, 425 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BIL, 55 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 19840328007629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840328007629A), Mar 28, 1984: Cessna A188B, Hardin, MT, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft during landing roll and ground loop occurred.

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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