# Accident 19900920041749A: Cessna A188B, Hurtsboro, AL, September 20, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1990, 13:30 local time
- Place: Hurtsboro, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: LYVG
- Location: 31.9004° N, 85.1491° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9004&lon=-85.1491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8677G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8677G-2013-05-15) (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: 12,150 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL90LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900920041749A

## Narrative

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

PROPELLER BLADE SEPARATED IN FLIGHT ON A SPRAY TURN AROUND. FORCE LANDED IN TREES.

## 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 ATL90LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA173), Sep 20, 1990: Cessna A188B (N8677G), Hertsboro, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE PROPELLER BLADE WHICH RESULTED FROM IMPROPER OVERHAUL PROCEDURES, AND THE ABSENCE OF OIL IN THE PROPELLER HUB WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE DETECTION OF BLADE CRACKS.

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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