- Date
- April 2, 1988, 07:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- Gustine, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N21762Cessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880402031529A
- Case key
- 25742
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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
During an aerial application maneuver, at 70 ft. a.g.l., the engine lost all power. The pilot leveled the wings and dumped the remaining load. The engine regained full power, backfired, then lost power again. The aircraft collided with almond trees. An examination of the wreckage revealed that there was no fuel in the fuel injection lines. The fuel tanks were ruptured and contained no fuel. There was only a small amount of fuel found below the ruptured tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21762
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801015
- Airframe hours
- 3,357
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Machado Duster, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hamilton A. Machado
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 16, 1987 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- 3O1 · Gustine, CA
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
- 54
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 13,560 total · 150 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.