# NTSB MKC84FA245: Cessna 188, N9841V, Bloom, KS, August 10, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 10, 1984, 16:43 local (21:43 UTC)
- Place: Bloom, KS
- Location: 37.4864° N, 99.8962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloom, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4864&lon=-99.8962&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33547
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84FA245
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33547/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA245

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, cruise - normal
  - object - guy wire (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT STRUCK TWO GUY WIRES DURING A SPRAYING OPERATION WHEN THE PLT FAILED TO CLEAR THE WIRES. OPERATORS HEARD THE IMPACT WHICH OCCURRED ABOUT 160 AGL & TOPPLED THE 310 FT TOWER. THE ACFT WINGS WERE SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE WHICH CONTINUED TO THE WEST OF THE TOWER WHERE IT NOSED INTO THE GROUND. THE ENGINE SEPARATED AND THE FUEL TANK BEHIND THE ENGINE WAS FLATTENED. ACCORDING TO HIS STATEMENT, THE PLT DOES NOT REMEMBER ANY OF THE EVENTS LEADING TO THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9841V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9841V-2013-05-30), registration cancelled 2013-05-30, S/N 188-0091, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188
- Registry model: [Cessna 188](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188) (registry code 2073002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1880091
- Airframe hours: 2500
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Operator: Erhart Aerial Sprying,Inc.
- Registered owner: Edward D. Wilson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 30, 1984
- Departed: DDC, DODGE CITY, KS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 2,693 total, 1,685 in this make and model, 2,591 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DDC, 14 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840810040059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840810040059A), Aug 10, 1984: Cessna 188CESSNA, Bloom, KS, Destroyed. En route from one field to another, cropduster collided with guy wires of a tower.

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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