- Date
- March 31, 1995, 19:05 local (Apr 1, 1995, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Cairo, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9228RCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950331011239A
- Case key
- 38940
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed after initiating a climb, which resulted in a stall/spin.
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 pilot reported that while on an aerial application flight, he made the last pass from west to east, then initiated a climbing turn to return to the airport. While climbing through about 200 feet above ground level, the airplane entered a spin. The pilot further stated, '. . . All I know [is], the plane was flying rough and I tried to turn right and it stalled . . . .' According to an FAA inspector, the airplane recovered from the spin and impacted a barn. After impact, the airplane began burning. During a telephone interview with an FAA inspector, the pilot reported there was no engine problem.
Factual narrative
On March 31, 1995, about 1905 eastern standard time, a Cessna A188B, N9228R, on an aerial application flight, piloted and owned by Gerald G. Grismore, was destroyed when it impacted a barn in Cairo, Ohio. The pilot received serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight was being conducted under CFR 14 Part 91.
The pilot departed Putnam County Airport, Ottowa, Ohio, destined for Cairo, on a crop dusting flight. The pilot reported he was making the last low pass from west to east. Upon completion of the last pass, about 200 feet above ground level, he made a climbing turn to the north to return to Putnam County.
In an interview by the Ohio State Police, when asked what happened, the pilot stated, "I was heading north and I really cannot remember. All I know [is], the plane was flying rough and I tried to turn right and it stalled..."
During a witness interview with the Ohio State Police, one witness stated,
The plane went upside down and flew horizontal, then tried to pull a 360 degree circle to up right. It could not pull out of the dive soon enough and hit the ground at the bottom of the circle. The plane hit upright, almost horizontal like it would land. Just before it went upside down, it was flying very slow...
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Inspector, the airplane was in a climbing turn when it entered a spin. After recovering from the spin, the airplane was heading south, and impacted a barn. Upon impact the airplane caught fire.
Additionally, in the FAA Inspector's statement, the pilot stated during a telephone interview, he did not have any engine problems, but the airplane flew rough when he went into the turn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9228R
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802169T
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Grismore, Gerald G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1995 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- OWX · Ottowa, OH
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
- 54
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 17,052 total · 330 in this make and model · 15,546 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOL, 49 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.