# NTSB MKC83LA202: Cessna 188A, N4777R, Wayne, NE, August 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 26, 1983, 19:00 local (Aug 27, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Wayne, NE
- Coordinates: 42.230636, -97.010177 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2306&lon=-97.0102&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33476
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA202
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33476/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA202

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - aerial application
  - pull-up - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION MANEUVER. THE PILOTS ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED WHEN HE WAS LOOKING FOR 3 WHEEL VEHICLES SO HE 'WOULDN'T SPRAY THEM'. HE DID NOT REALIZE THAT A HILL WAS IN HIS PATH AND COULD NOT PULL-UP SOON ENOUGH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4777R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4777R-2012-12-13), registration cancelled 2012-12-13, S/N 18802318T, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188A
- 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: 18802318T
- Airframe hours: 1450
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Eagle Aerial Spraying
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, March 14, 1983, 100 hours before
- Departed: 4N5, LAUREL MUNI, NE

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 4,633 total, 3,100 in this make and model, 3,100 as pilot in command, 280 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F
- Observed at: OFK

## 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 19830826048269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830826048269A), Aug 26, 1983: Cessna 188ACESSNA, Wayne, NE, Substantial damage. Pilot stalled aircraft during pull up at the end of a spray run.

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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