ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239278
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| Date: | Friday 17 August 2018 |
| Time: | 18:15 |
| Type: |  Cessna A188B |
| Owner/operator: | Tri-rotor Spray And Chemical Inc |
| Registration: | N9076R |
| MSN: | 18802101T |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Whitewater, KS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Newton City-County Airport, KS (EWK/KEWK) |
| Newton City-County Airport, KS (EWK/KEWK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was performing an aerial application flight with the airplane loaded with product near its maximum gross weight. As the pilot pulled up to reverse course after the second application pass, the airplane did not fly as expected. Because of his low altitude, he conducted a forced landing in the cornfield. The airplane came to rest upright and sustained substantial damage to left wing, vertical stabilizer, horizontal stabilizers, elevators, and rudder.
A postaccident examination of the engine revealed that one of the cylinders had low compression. This would have resulted in a partial loss of engine power. It is likely the airplane was at a low energy state during the pull-up maneuver to reverse direction, and the partial engine power loss would have further reduced the airplane’s energy. These issues, combined with the airplane's high gross weight, would have made sustained flight difficult.
Probable Cause: The partial loss of engine power due to low cylinder compression, which led to the forced landing following a pull-up maneuver. Contributing to the accident was the airplane’s high gross weight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 May 2000 | N9076R | Private | 0 | SUBLETTE, Kansas | |
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| 9 July 2007 | N9076R | Tri Rotor Spray And Chemical | 0 | Ulysses, Kansas | |
sub |
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