# NTSB MKC86LA168: Cessna 188B, N4807R, Edison, NE, August 5, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1986, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Edison, NE
- Coordinates: 40.269863, -99.76966 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2699&lon=-99.7697&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): 34229
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA168
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34229/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA168

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PIC HAD MADE 5 OR 6 PASSES TO THE CORN FIELD HE WAS SPRAYING. DURING THIS PASS, THE PIC STATED HE STRUCK A PWR LINE THAT RAN DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE FLD. THE PIC STATED HE DID NOT OBSERVE THIS PARTICULAR STRAND DURING THE OTHER PASSES ON THE FLD. PWR LINES WERE BORDERING THE FIELD ON THE WEST AND THE SWATH RUNS WERE IN A WEST TO EAST DIRECTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4807R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18801555
- Airframe hours: 1840
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO 520 D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Arapahoe Aerial Sprayers
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 30, 1986, 98 hours before
- Departed: HOLBROOK, NE

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 5,409 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 5,298 as pilot in command, 148 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MKC, 25 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 19860805071539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860805071539A), Aug 5, 1986: Cessna A188B, Edison, NE, Substantial damage. Aircraft struct powerlines during crop dusting operation. Pilot continued to airport after wire strike.

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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