# NTSB LAX88DVG10: Cessna A188B, N21871, Dixon, CA, September 30, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: September 30, 1988, 09:06 local (16:06 UTC)
- Place: Dixon, CA
- Coordinates: 38.390758, -121.809028 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3908&lon=-121.8090&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25772
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88DVG10
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25772/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DVG10

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - maneuver - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - aerobatics - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

PLT HAD COMPLETED AERIAL APPLICATION OF A FIELD SEVERAL MILES SOUTH. WITNESSES HEARD SOUNDS OF ACFT. ONE WITNESS OBSERVED ACFT BRIEFLY INVERTED AND 'OUT OF CONTROL.' ACFT IMPACTED OPEN FIELD UPRIGHT, WINGS LEVEL AND NOSE DOWN. FIRE ENSUED. NO EVIDENCE FOUND OF MALF OR FAILURE IN STRUCTURE, FLIGHT CONTROLS, POWERPLANT OR SYSTEMS. THE IN ACFT HOPPER WAS EMPTY OF CHEMICALS AND THE OPERATOR HAD NO EXPLANATION FOR THE ACFT BEING AT THE ACC LOCATION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N21871](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21871-2013-08-19), registration cancelled 2013-08-19, S/N 18801089, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18801089
- Airframe hours: 4912
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joslin, William D.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, November 26, 1987, 220 hours before
- Departed: DIXON, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,250 total, 600 in this make and model, 1,200 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880930042429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880930042429A), Sep 30, 1988: Cessna A188B, Dixon, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Observed low and inverted prior crash. Had 20 percent carbon monoxide. Exhaust stack near vent window. Had been ill

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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