Cessna 188B N21653

Summary

On 20 March 1988 at about 00:15 local time, a Cessna 188B registered N21653 was involved in an accident near Manter, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 March 1988 at 00:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Manter, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

37.5208, -101.8801

Aircraft

Cessna 188B

Registration

N21653

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Johnson → Manter

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC88LA064

1 person was seriously injured.

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

WHILE CONDUCTING A TEAM AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATION, THE TRAILING AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TERRAIN WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP, ROTATED IN A FLAT ATTITUDE ABOUT 2 TURNS, AND WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE PILOT SAID, WHILE IN A DOWNWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND, INTO THE SETTING SUN, HE GLANCED DOWN TO VERIFY HIS HOPPER LOAD. HE SAID HE ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURBULENCE FROM THE LEAD AERIAL APPLICATOR, LOST ALTITUDE AND STRUCK THE TERRAIN. THE PLT WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE THE BURNING ACFT, BUT SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE PLT SAID HE FELT A LACK OF RECENT EXPERIENCE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.