Cessna A188B N91919

Summary

On 16 August 1982 at about 01:05 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N91919, operated by Dakota AG Service, was involved in an accident near Britton, South 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.

Date

16 August 1982 at 01:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Britton, South Dakota, United States

Nearest airport

Britton Municipal (3BT)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N91919

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dakota AG Service

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Britton → Britton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82DA173

Nobody was 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

WHEN THE PILOT DEPARTED TO SPRAY THE LAST FIELD FOR THAT DAY, HE ESTIMATED THAT HE HAD 19 TO 20 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINING. HE FIGURED IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 16 TO 17 GALLONS OF FUEL TO COMPLETE THE JOB. ABOUT 1 HR LATER, AS HE WAS RETURNING TO LAND, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT LANDED IN A STUBBLE FIELD, BUT WAS APPROACHING A FENCE BEFORE HE COMPLETED HIS LANDING ROLL. HE TURNED TO AVOID THE FENCE, BUT THE PLANE SLID INTO A FURROW AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.