# Accident 19850617025879A: Cessna A188A, Pocatello, ID, June 17, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1985, 06:45 local time
- Place: Pocatello, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 42.8713° N, 112.4455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pocatello, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8713&lon=-112.4455&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5695J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5695J-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188A (registry code 2073008, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,260 total, 250 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA85LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850617025879A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LANDED IN ROUGH AREA AFTER POWER LOSS DURING A SPRAY RUN. CONNECTING ROD HAD BROKEN ON HIGH TIME ENGINE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA85LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA140), Jun 17, 1985: Cessna 188A (N5695J), Pocatello, ID, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5695J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19770613016139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770613016139A), Jun 13, 1977: Cessna A188A (N5695J), Cairo, GA, Substantial damage. Peanuts

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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