- Date
- May 9, 1991, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- La Feria, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8184VCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 23229
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Probable cause
The pilot exceeded the proper descent rate.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane developed a high sink rate that the pilot could not arrest. The pilot was on his fourth spraying pass on a corn field when he flew over a tree line and the airplane began to descend at a high rate. The temperature was 80 degrees winds were 300 degrees, and the airplane heading was 090 degrees. The airplane impacted the ground in a level attitude, even though the pilot added full power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8184V
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-0434
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Sam Jacobs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- NONE · Santa Rosa, TX
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,953 total · 232 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
Other investigations on N8184V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.