Cessna A188B N53208

Summary

On 1 July 2000 at about 21:00 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N53208 was involved in an accident near Belzoni, 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

1 July 2000 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Belzoni, Mississippi, United States

Coordinates

33.1453, -90.5153

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N53208

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Belzoni → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA00LA197

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to refuel prior to departure resulting in loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated he landed to refuel and reload chemical. While the chemicals were being loaded, he was distracted by talking to the customer he was spraying for. He forgot to refuel. At takeoff, the left fuel gauge showed empty and the right fuel gauge showed 1/4 to 1/2. After flying to the field, 4 miles from the airport, and making two swath runs, the engine surged. He turned toward the field for a landing and the engine regained power, surged again, and quit. He made a pancaked landing in the field. Postcrash examination of the airplane by an FAA inspector showed the airplane contained no usable fuel.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.