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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A188B · Peru, IN · August 6, 1988

Date
August 6, 1988 · 19:00 local
Place
Peru, IN
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
NFHG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5550G
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI88DET04
Reported as
Cessna A188B
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,075 total3,550 in this make and model58 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.

During a spray run the throttle cable broke allowing engine to to idle. Crash landed in a soybean field.

As the FAA filed it

DURING A SPRAY RUN THE THROTTLE CABLE BROKE ALLOWING ENGINE TO TO IDLE. CRASH LANDED IN A SOYBEAN FIELD.

NTSB investigation

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