# Accident 19900430013159A: Cessna A188B, Perry, TX, April 30, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1990, 13:00 local time
- Place: Perry, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: LWEG
- Location: 31.4180° N, 96.9153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Perry, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4180&lon=-96.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21620, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21620-2025-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90DPA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90DPA02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900430013159A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON AG OPERATION. CRASH LANDED IN ROUGH GROUND. FOUND WATER IN FUEL.

## 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 FTW90DPA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90DPA02), Apr 30, 1990: Cessna A188B (N21620), Perry, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AS A RESULT OF WATER CONTAMINATION OF THE FUEL SUPPLY. A FACTOR WAS THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN IN WHICH THE PILOT HAD TO MAKE THE FORCED LANDING.

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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