# NTSB MKC83FA165: Cessna 140, N76242, Pratt, KS, July 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 27, 1983, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Pratt, KS
- Coordinates: 37.640895, -98.730812 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6409&lon=-98.7308&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33340
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83FA165
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33340/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA165

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering - aerial application
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - turbulence (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ACFT STALLED AND CRASHED IN A PLOWED FIELD DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLT WHILE DISPENSING WASP EGGS ON A CORN FIELD. THE EGGS WERE CARRIED IN PLASTIC TUBES IN A STYROFOAM ICE CHEST BEHIND THE SEAT AND WERE TRANSFERRED BY THE PLT AS NEEDED TO THE DISPENSER ON THE RIGHT SEAT PAN. A WITNESS SAW THE ACFT AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE ACFT SUDDENLY DROPPED AND CRASHED IN A NOSE LOW, LEFT WING LOW ALTITUDE. IT SLID FOR ABOUT 110 FT BEFORE STOPPING. THE PLT RECEIVED HEAD INJURIES AND DOES NOT REMEMBER THE ACCIDENT DETAILS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N76242](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76242-1983-11-09), registration cancelled 1983-11-09, S/N 10647 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 10647
- Airframe hours: 2872
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C85 80 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Glenn E. Clevenger
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 1983, 9 hours before
- Departed: PTT, PRATT, KS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 9,675 total, 385 in this make and model, 9,325 as pilot in command, 70 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 100 °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 19830727035779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830727035779A), Jul 27, 1983: Cessna 140, Pratt, KS, Destroyed. Stalled while dispensing wasp eggs. Was flying downwind nose high at 100 feet AGL.

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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