# Accident 19850812057019A: Cessna A188B, Menlo, KS, August 12, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1985, 20:00 local time
- Place: Menlo, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 39.3561° N, 100.7242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Menlo, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3561&lon=-100.7242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4936Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4936Q-1991-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC85LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850812057019A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER DURING SWATH RUN. LANDED IN CORN FIELD. CAUSE OF POWER LOSS UNDETERMINED.

## 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 MKC85LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA183), Aug 13, 1985: Cessna A188B (N4936Q), Menlo, KS, substantial damage

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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