- Date
- May 1, 1987, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Ottawa, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9858VCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870501012319A
- Case key
- 34379
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was returning from an aerial application flt when the fuel line to the fuel filter disconnected. During the forced landing, the acft ran into a fence. The eng had been installed 100 flt hrs prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9858V
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-0108
- Airframe hours
- 1,600
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Steven C. Ballard
- Registered owner
- Steven C. Ballard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 24, 1987
- Departed
- 53K · Osage City, KS
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9858V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.