# NTSB Accident CHI97LA223
> **Cessna 188B** · 1997-07-23 · ADAMS, NE, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI97LA223
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08335
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-07-23
- **Location:** ADAMS, NE, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.449623, -96.510429
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 188B
- **Registration:** N4926R
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

inadequate maintenance/annual inspection, and subsequent exhaustion of hydraulic (brake) fluid, which resulted in loss of braking action (right brake) and impact with a tree.  The proximity of tree(s) was a related factor.

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