Cessna A188B N9368G

Summary

On 8 November 2009 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N9368G was involved in an accident near Ripley, Mississippi, 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

8 November 2009 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Ripley, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Ripley Airport (25M)

Coordinates

34.7222, -89.0150

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N9368G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ripley → Ripley

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA10LA059

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed on final approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was a partial loss of engine power due to water in the fuel.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot performed a preflight inspection of the airplane before starting the engine and letting it warm up for about 5 minutes. He then back-taxied on the runway and performed the run-up checklist before taking off. He subsequently flew the traffic pattern and was on final approach, at an altitude of about 500 feet, when the engine lost power about 250 feet from the end of the runway. The airplane then “went into a right hand dive and hit the ground.” A witness heard the engine “sputter and pop loudly,” and a Federal Aviation Administration inspector subsequently found water in the fuel. Propeller signatures indicated that it was turning under power when it contacted the ground.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.