# NTSB SEA86LA133: Cessna 188B, N53177, Nyssa, OR, May 24, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 24, 1986, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Nyssa, OR
- Coordinates: 43.729492, -117.149925 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7295&lon=-117.1499&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40413
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA133
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40413/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA133

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise
  - fuel system,pump - failure,total (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53177-1991-05-03), registration cancelled 1991-05-03, S/N 18801666T (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1881666T
- Airframe hours: 2599
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; 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)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA79DYA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYA17), Jun 5, 1979: Cessna 188B (N53177), Ontario, OR, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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