# Accident 19910617022409A: Cessna A188B, Wallis, TX, June 17, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1991, 13:30 local time
- Place: Wallis, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: LXFG
- Location: 29.6298° N, 96.0600° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6298&lon=-96.0600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4719Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4719Q-2003-10-16) (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: 24,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91DRA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91DRA04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910617022409A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE CLIMB ON LIFTOFF. DUMPED LOAD AND SETTLED IN MAIZE THEN FLIPPED OVER. NO ENGINE DEFECTS. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

## 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 FTW91DRA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91DRA04), Jun 17, 1991: Cessna 188B (N4719Q), Wallis, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PARTIAL POWER LOSS DURING A CRITICAL PHASE OF FLIGHT. A FACTOR WAS THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN ONTO WHICH A SUCCESSFUL FORCED LANDING COULD HAVE BEEN EXECUTED.

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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