# NTSB FTW84LA176: Cessna 188, N8197V, Clayton, LA, March 26, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 26, 1984, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Clayton, LA
- Coordinates: 31.720804, -91.529808 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7208&lon=-91.5298&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): 21290
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA176
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21290/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA176

## 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
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose down, landing
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8197V-2012-07-24), registration cancelled 2012-07-24, S/N 188-0447, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188
- Registry model: [Cessna 188](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188) (registry code 2073002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 188-0447
- Airframe hours: 860
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840326036529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840326036529A), Mar 26, 1984: Cessna 188CESSNA, Clayton, LA, Substantial damage. Aircraft ran off runway into plowed field and nosed over. Pilots 26th landing that day.

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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