Aviation Crash Map

Cessna 188 N3530Q

4 August 1987 · Valley City, North Dakota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 August 1987 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna 188 registered N3530Q, operated by LON E. Sinness, was involved in an accident near Valley City, North Dakota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 16:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States
Coordinates
46.9207, -98.0004
Aircraft
Cessna 188
Registration
N3530Q
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
LON E. Sinness
Operating rule
Part 137: Agricultural
Purpose of flight
Aerial Application
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Dazey → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN87DTG01

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT RPRTD THE ENG LOST PWR DRG A SWATH RUN & THE ACFT WAS DMGD DRG A FORCED LNDG IN A FIELD OF MATURE SUNFLOWERS. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT BOTH FUEL TANKS & THE GASCOLATER CONTAINED FUEL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ENG WAS STARTED AT THE ACDNT SITE & IT RAN NORMALLY TO 1000 RPM, BUT WAS NOT OPERATED AT A HIGHER RPM DUE TO A BENT PROP. THE OWNER- OPERATOR RPRTD THAT ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, FUEL FED FROM THE LEFT FUEL TANK FASTER THAN FROM THE RIGHT, WHEN THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN THE ON POSITION. ALSO, HE RPRTD THAT ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, THE BLADDER LINERS OF THE FUEL TANKS WERE FOUND TO BE UNSNAPPED & APPEARED TO HAVE COLLAPSED; BUT RPRTDLY, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN OTHER THAN TO REATTACH THE BLADDERS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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