- Date
- September 23, 1982, 14:04 local (20:04 UTC)
- Place
- Lava Hot Spring, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9251GCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820923049139A
- Case key
- 71389
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Analysis
Reportedly, the aircraft ran out of fuel during a swath run. During a forced landing, the aircraft struck a fence, then traveled about 400 ft and stopped with the nose down in a potatoe field.
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - misjudgedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Nose down
Terrain condition - softFactor
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9251G
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 01438
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Lloyd K. Wilson
- Registered owner
- Lloyd K. Wilson
- Departed
- U51 · Bancroft, ID
- Destination
- 0R3 · Abbeville, LA
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.