# NTSB MKC86LA164: Cessna 188B, N9379G, Hugoton, KS, August 2, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 2, 1986, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Hugoton, KS
- Coordinates: 37.17086, -101.340896 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1709&lon=-101.3409&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): 34226
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA164
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34226/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA164

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - open field (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PIC STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING LOW AND SLOW IN AN ATTEMPT TO OBSERVE AN ACFT THAT HAD JUST CRASHED IN AN OPEN FLD OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY AT HUGOTON. THE ACFT WAS THEN OBSERVED TO ROLL LEFT AND DESCEND AND IMPACT THE GND ABOUT 1/4 MILE BEYOND WHERE THE ALREADY DOWNED AG ACFT WAS SPOTTED. THE PIC STATED HE HAD NO MECHANICAL PBLM WITH THE ACFT DURING ANY PART OF THIS DEPARTURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9379G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9379G-1991-03-22), registration cancelled 1991-03-22, S/N 18801465 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18801465
- Airframe hours: 3059
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Ag Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, December 6, 1985, 100 hours before
- Departed: HOGOTON, KS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 14,900 total, 3,001 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GCK, 41 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 19860802037089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860802037089A), Aug 2, 1986: Cessna A188B, Hugoton, KS, Substantial damage. Pilot failed to maintain airspeed after takeoff and collided with the ground.

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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