- Date
- October 4, 1989, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wauchula, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N21752Cessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891004040779A
- Case key
- 32587
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation, improper planning/decision by the pilot, and his failure to attained the emergency procedure. Factors related to the accident were: the low fuel level, and improper planning/decision by the pilot.
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
While climbing during an aerial application flt, the eng lost power. The plt did not turn on the electic boost pump & elected to land in a field. During the landing roll, the left main landing gear collided with a stump & failed. The plt stated that after the accident he drained the fuel tanks & recovered 18 gallons, but this was not confirmed. The eng ran normally during an opnl check.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21752
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801005T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Florence Of Florida, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Florence Of Florida, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1989
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,100 total · 50 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOW, 27 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.