# NTSB SEA95LA147: Cessna A188B, N70062, Esterbrook, WY, July 11, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 11, 1995, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC) - Place: Esterbrook, WY - Coordinates: 42.75082, -105.389663 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7508&lon=-105.3897&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 13, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 42189 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA95LA147 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42189/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA95LA147 ## Probable cause THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT AND AIRSPEED FOR LANDING. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE, THE SHORT LANDING AREA, AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND IN TIME TO ALLOW RECOVERY FROM THE SITUATION. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - aborted - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor) - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause) - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause) - terrain condition - short runway/landing area (contributing factor) - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor) ## Analysis THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING NEXT TO A SHORT DIRT FARM ROAD FOLLOWING AN AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE CONDITIONS EXISTED IN THE LANDING AREA. THE PILOT LANDED BEYOND THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT WITH EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE IN THE DISTANCE AVAILABLE BEYOND HIS ACTUAL TOUCHDOWN POINT. HE ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND TOO LATE TO RECOVER FROM THE SITUATION AND OVERRAN THE LANDING SURFACE. ## Factual narrative On July 11, 1995, approximately 1030 Mountain daylight time (MDT), a Cessna A188B, N70062, received substantial damage in a landing overrun 6 miles north of Esterbrook, WY. The commercial pilot/owner of the single-seat agricultural aircraft was not injured. The flight was an agricultural aerial application flight conducted under 14 CFR 137 originating from Glendo, WY. A company visual flight rules flight plan had been filed for the flight. The nearest weather observation facility, Casper, WY, reported visual meterological conditions with calm winds. The pilot stated to the FAA on-scene investigator that he landed on grass next to a dirt farm road. According to the pilot's accident report, the landing attempt was made on a heading of approximately 120 degrees magnetic and "basically into the wind." The pilot reported to the FAA investigator that his landing was long and fast, touching down approximately halfway down the available landing area. The FAA investigator assessed the available stopping distance from the actual touchdown point as approximately 600 feet. The pilot stated that he made a delayed decision to attempt a go-around, but before regaining flying speed, the airplane ran off the end of the intended landing area, struck an irrigation ditch where the airplane's right main gear was knocked off, and came to rest in a field. Data in the airplane flight manual indicates that at 5,000 feet and 41 degrees Fahrenheit, a 2,300 pound airplane requires 559 feet to stop on dry grass with zero wind, 20 degrees of flaps and heavy braking. A 3,300 pound airplane requires 754 feet on dry grass under the same conditions. The flight manual does not list landing distances for elevations greater than 5,000 feet. Density altitude at Casper (elevation 5,348 above sea level, 57 nautical miles to the northwest), based on their surface observation at the time, was 7,532 feet. Terrain in the accident area, according to the Cheyenne sectional aeronautical chart, is generally about 5,500 feet above sea level. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N70062](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70062-2016-11-01), registration cancelled 2016-11-01, S/N 18801826, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B - Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18801826 - Airframe hours: 4193 - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D23 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Aerial application, Part 137 - Registered owner: Shepard, Robert B. - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, May 29, 1995, 68 hours before - Departed: 76V, GLENDO, WY - Flight plan: Company VFR ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 30; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 3,600 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 3,100 as pilot in command, 81 in the last 90 days, 81 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 50 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 77 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: CPR, 57 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19950711017659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950711017659A), Jul 11, 1995: Cessna A188B, Esterbrook, WY, Substantial damage. Attempted landing on short stretch of road. Too fast. Overran area landing belated go around was tried. From the NTSB's public API. 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