- Date
- October 6, 1992, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Montrose, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9633JCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921006055569A
- Case key
- 18592
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and the inadvertent stall. A factor was the pilot's diverted attention in the cockpit.
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
The pilot's attention was diverted to inside the cockpit from a low oil pressure condition after he maneuvered from an agricultural swath run. As he attempted to adjust the engine controls for the condition, the airplane stalled and descended uncontrolled into a cotton field. The pilot stated the airplane had reached 300 feet AGL when the stall occurred and he did not have enough altitude to recover before impact. The usable oil quantity for the engine is 16 quarts. Four quarts of oil were drained from the engine by the FAA inspector and recovery personnel at the accident site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9633J
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18803828T
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-A1B, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ward'S Ag By Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ward'S Ag By Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- NONE · Jerome, AR
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,200 total · 500 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLH, 28 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.