# NTSB MIA82DA163: Cessna 188B, N4494Q, Malone, FL, July 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 22, 1982, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Malone, FL
- Coordinates: 30.950601, -85.16024 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9506&lon=-85.1602&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71552
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA163
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71552/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA163

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal brake system - leak (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - maintenance,inspection - inadequate, other maintenance personnel (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE FLIGHT DEPARTED A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP TO DISPENSE LIQUID CHEMICALS ON A NEARBY COTTON FIELD. UPON RETURNING TO LAND FOLLOWING THE SPRAYING OPERATION THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF THE RIGHT MAIN BRAKE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE BRAKES HAD BEEN SERVICED WITH FLUID PRIOR TO THE LAST TAKEOFF. THE FLUID HAD DRAINED OFF DURING THE FLIGHT THROUGH AN UNDETECTED LEAK IN THE HYDRALIC LINE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4494Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4494Q-2010-12-02), registration cancelled 2010-12-02, S/N 18800894, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- 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: 18800894
- Airframe hours: 2963
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 137
- Operator: Shane Gardner
- Registered owner: Shane Gardner
- Departed: MALONE, FL
- Destination: MALONE, FL
- Airport: 12, Wayne'S Air Svc.(Private), runway 27, 2,000 × 0 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,267 total, 601 in this make and model, 1,182 as pilot in command, 162 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Temperature: 194 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DHN, 26 nm away

## Other investigations on N4494Q (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 NYC08CA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA276), Aug 10, 2008: Cessna A188B (N4494Q), Gardner, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged distance/altitude during takeoff.

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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