- Date
- August 4, 1987, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Valley City, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3530QCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870804043149A
- Case key
- 17068
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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 plt rprtd the eng lost pwr drg a swath run & the acft was dmgd drg a forced lndg in a field of mature sunflowers. An exam of the acft revealed that both fuel tanks & the gascolater contained fuel. Subsequently, the eng was started at the acdnt site & it ran normally to 1000 RPM, but was not operated at a higher RPM due to a bent prop. The owner- operator rprtd that on previous occasions, fuel fed from the left fuel tank faster than from the right, when the fuel selector was in the on position. Also, he rprtd that on previous occasions, the bladder liners of the fuel tanks were found to be unsnapped & appeared to have collapsed; but rprtdly, no action was taken other than to reattach the bladders.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3530Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-0480
- Airframe hours
- 2,731
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Lon E. Sinness, doing business as Sky Tractor Applicators
- Registered owner
- Sinness, Lon E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 3, 1986 · 240 hours before
- Departed
- Dazey, ND
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 3,950 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3530Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.