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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A188B · Samson, AL · August 27, 1983

Date
August 27, 1983 · 06:30 local
Place
Samson, AL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9172R
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL83LA341
Reported as
Cessna A188B
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,150 total350 in this make and model0 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.

Engine quit. Overran emergency landing area and struck a road embankment. Crankshaft had broken.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT. OVERRAN EMERGENCY LANDING AREA AND STRUCK A ROAD EMBANKMENT. CRANKSHAFT HAD BROKEN.

NTSB investigation

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