# NTSB FTW91DRG02: Cessna 188, N8184V, La Feria, TX, May 9, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 9, 1991, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: La Feria, TX
- Coordinates: 26.150667, -97.820739 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1507&lon=-97.8207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23229
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW91DRG02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23229/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91DRG02

## Probable cause

THE PILOT EXCEEDED THE PROPER DESCENT RATE.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - aerial application
  - terrain condition - crop
  - proper descent rate - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8184V-2017-03-06), registration cancelled 2017-03-06, S/N 188-0434, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188
- Registry model: [Cessna A188](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (registry code 2073004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 188-0434
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; 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)

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.

- [NTSB FTW74DQG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DQG15), Aug 12, 1974: Cessna A188A (N8184V), Edmonson, TX, substantial damage

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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