- Date
- June 26, 1982, 06:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Othello, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N91367Cessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820626027489A
- Case key
- 72119
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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
At the completion of a spray operation, the pilot returned to the airport to land. During the landing roll realizing that no braking was available on the left wheel, the aircraft was intentionally ground looped in an effort to reduce the damage. According to the pilot, there was a loss of fluid from the left brake master cylinder o-ring seal, pn 800-001-6.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91367
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188020377
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Othello Flying Services Inc
- Registered owner
- Gerald Mitzel
- Departed
- S70 · Othello, WA
- Destination
- S70 · Othello, WA
- Airport
- S70 · Othello Municipal, runway 25, 4,090 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,235 total · 2,100 in this make and model · 3,160 as pilot in command · 220 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Temperature
- 169 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MWH, 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.