19800602023629A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 188CESSNA · St Elmo, AL · June 2, 1980

Date
June 2, 1980 · 19:30 local
Place
St Elmo, AL
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1992J
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL80FKJ09
Reported as
Cessna 188CESSNA
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,214 total105 in this make and model105 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot claims power loss, but engine checked out okay. Crash occurred during emergency landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CLAIMS POWER LOSS, BUT ENGINE CHECKED OUT OKAY. CRASH OCCURRED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.