# NTSB MKC84LA251: Cessna A188A, N4413Q, Goodland, KS, August 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 15, 1984, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place: Goodland, KS
- Coordinates: 39.340888, -101.699539 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3409&lon=-101.6995&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33773
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA251
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33773/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA251

## 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
  - aircraft weight and balance - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - load jettison - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - aerial application
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT DESCENDED TO THE CORN FIELD FOR THE 1ST SWATH RUN AFTER RELOADING. THE ACFT DID NOT LEVEL OFF PROPERLY BUT KEPTDESCENDING UNTIL IT WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE CROP. THE ADDITIONAL DRAG CAUSED THE ACFT TO STALL INTO THE GROUND. THE PLT SAID THE ACFT HAD BEEN MISLOADED AND THE OVERLOAD CAUSED THE DESCENT. THE PLT DID NOT INITIATE JETTISON OF THE LOAD DURING THE ENCOUNTER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4413Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4413Q-2008-12-30), registration cancelled 2008-12-30, S/N 18800813, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188A
- Registry model: [Cessna A188A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (registry code 2073008) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18808113
- Airframe hours: 2672
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Robert A. Middleton
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, March 20, 1984, 200 hours before
- Departed: GLD, GOODLAND, KS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 1,350 total, 700 in this make and model, 1,350 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GLD, 7 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 19840815040689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840815040689A), Aug 15, 1984: Cessna 188CESSNA, Goodland, KS, Destroyed. Aircrafft descended into ground on first swath run. Pilot stated aircraft was accidentally overloaded.

## Other investigations on N4413Q (1)

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.

- [NTSB DFW07LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA108), May 11, 2007: Cessna A188A (N4413Q), Clinton, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: Separation of the exhaust stack and resulting vapor lock. A contributing factor was the none suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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