- Date
- August 4, 1988, 10:35 local (15:35 UTC)
- Place
- Dalhart, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9248RCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880804033049A
- Case key
- 22669
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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
As the ag airplane tried to level off at the start of the spray run, it continued the descent into the corn and flipped forward to the inverted position. The elevation in the area was 4100 ft MSL and the density altitude was 5000 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9248R
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802186T
- Airframe hours
- 4,638
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- American Sprayers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · February 19, 1988 · 166 hours before
- Departed
- DHT
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,134 total · 123 in this make and model · 5,047 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 56 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.