# NTSB DEN86LA230: Cessna A188B, N2417J, Langdon, ND, August 10, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 10, 1986, 06:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place: Langdon, ND
- Coordinates: 48.760131, -98.370513 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7601&lon=-98.3705&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17036
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA230
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17036/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA230

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - landing gear,normal brake system - failure,total (cause)
  - fluid,hydraulic - exhaustion
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command

## Analysis

WHILE GROUND TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF THE ACFT LEFT MAIN GEAR BRAKE FAILED. DURING THE ENSUING RIGHT GROUND LOOP THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE LEFT WING IMPACTED THE ASPHALT TAXIWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2417J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2417J-2008-12-02), registration cancelled 2008-12-02, S/N 18803460T, built 1979 (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: 1880346OT
- Airframe hours: 1682
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Forest Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, May 6, 1986, 133 hours before
- Airport: D55, Langdon, runway 35, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 3,675 total, 2,590 in this make and model, 3,425 as pilot in command, 119 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GFK, 68 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 19860810038579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860810038579A), Aug 10, 1986: Cessna A188B, Langdon, ND, Substantial damage. Aircraft ground looped on taxi when pilot applied the brakes. O ring found deteriorated.

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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