- Date
- March 26, 1984, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clayton, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8197VCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840326036529A
- Case key
- 21290
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the last landing of the day in a gusty crosswind, the acft went off the side of the rwy and nosed down in a plowed field. This was the plts 26th landing for this day, all on the same rwy. The wind was gusting to 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8197V
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-0447
- Airframe hours
- 860
- Engine
- Continental O-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Robert Malory Lancaster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1984
- Departed
- Clayton, LA
- Airport
- Farmers Air Service, runway 27, 2,200 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,756 total · 150 in this make and model · 1,637 as pilot in command · 185 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.