# NTSB MKC82DA107: Cessna A188, N3503Q, Appleton City, MO, June 18, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 18, 1982, 06:33 local (11:33 UTC)
- Place: Appleton City, MO
- Coordinates: 38.19075, -94.029029 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1908&lon=-94.0290&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 18, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69801
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69801/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA107

## 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
  - terrain condition (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - continued, pilot in command
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON A CROWNED, ASPHALT, FARM ROAD WHILE REPOSITIONING THE AIRCRAFT FOR AN AGRICULTURAL OPERATION. HE REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE LEFT AND THE LEFT WING ENTERED HIGH WEEDS. HE SAID HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE SWERVE BY USING RIGHT RUDDER AND BRAKE. THE PILOT THEN APPLIED FULL POWER IN AN EFFORT TO GO OVER A FENCE, BUT THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE FENCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3503Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3503Q-2012-09-12), registration cancelled 2012-09-12, S/N 188-0453, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188
- Registry model: [Cessna A188](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (registry code 2073004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 188-0453
- Airframe hours: 2875
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Odell Priest
- Registered owner: Odell Priest
- Departed: APPLETON CITY, MO
- Destination: APPLETON CITY, MO

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,918 total, 362 in this make and model, 162 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 3 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles

## 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 19820618023209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820618023209A), Jun 18, 1982: Cessna 188CESSNA, Appleton City, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted landing on road, wing caught in vegetation and caused aircraft to pull to the side causing crash.

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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