Cessna A188B N9639G

Summary

On 31 July 2002 at about 01:50 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N9639G, operated by Ellinwood Flying Service Inc, was involved in an accident near Nickerson, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

31 July 2002 at 01:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Nickerson, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

38.1397, -98.0794

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N9639G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Ellinwood Flying Service Inc

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lyons → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI02LA223

Nobody was injured.

Fuel starvation due to the fuel contamination, the blocked fuel strainer, and the refueling truck's contaminated fuel. A factor was the berm.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane struck a berm during a forced landing resulting in substantial damage. The pilot reported he was finishing spraying a field when he "encountered an unscheduled power rollback." He executed a forced landing to an alfalfa field. During the landing roll the airplane impacted a berm and sustained substantial damage. The inspection of the airplane's fuel system revealed the fuel strainer was blocked with a black rubber like substance. The fuel truck that fueled the airplane was checked for contaminates. The same type of substance that was found in the airplane's fuel filter strainer was found in the tank of the refueling truck.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.