- Date
- May 24, 1986, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nyssa, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N53177Cessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40413
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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
During aerial application the engine ceased operating due to a broken shaft in the fuel pump. The boost pump was turned on and the engine ran momentarily. The pilot was unable to dump his 700 pounds of dry chemical and had to keep a nose down attitude in order to maintain flying speed. During flare for landing the pilot raised the nose of the aircraft but still hit the ground hard. The aircraft skidded only 40 feet and then nosed over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53177
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1881666T
- Airframe hours
- 2,599
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Kenneth G. Whipple, doing business as Ranch Spray Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 23, 1986 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- Nyssa, OR
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,775 total · 600 in this make and model · 2,242 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 19 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
Other investigations on N53177 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.