- Date
- March 19, 1988, 17:15 local (Mar 20, 1988, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Manter, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N21653Cessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880319062489A
- Case key
- 34549
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Analysis
While conducting a team aerial application operation, the trailing aircraft struck the terrain with the right wing tip, rotated in a flat attitude about 2 turns, and was destroyed by fire. The pilot said, while in a downwind procedure turnaround, into the setting sun, he glanced down to verify his hopper load. He said he encountered wake turbulence from the lead aerial applicator, lost altitude and struck the terrain. The plt was able to escape the burning acft, but suffered serious injuries. The plt said he felt a lack of recent experience contributed to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21653
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18800936
- Airframe hours
- 3,650
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Hoxie Sprayers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- GCK · Johnson, KS
- Destination
- Manter, 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 538 total · 65 in this make and model · 450 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GCK, 60 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.