- Date
- July 13, 1983, 08:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Edgar, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9114GCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830713031599A
- Case key
- 33443
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Vortex turbulence encountered
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Loss of control - in flight
Terrain condition - high obstruction(s)Factor
Maneuver - performedFactor
Airspeed - inadequateFactor
Stall - uncontrolledFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt reported that he was completing a turnaround when the acft encountered turbulence from another plane that was spraying the same field. The acft began to settle. When he pulled up to avoid a power line, the acft stalled & crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9114G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801384T
- Airframe hours
- 2,075
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Kelvin M. Korver
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1983 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- 08K · Harvard, NE
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 11,820 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRI, 35 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.