# Accident 19930629022919A: Cessna 188B, Centre, AL, June 29, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1993, 08:05 local time
- Place: Centre, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KENG
- Location: 34.1504° N, 85.6701° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1504&lon=-85.6701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731DH-2005-11-30) (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 188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL93LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930629022919A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER DURING SWATH RUN TURN AROUND. ENGINE SIEZED. ENGINE RECENTLY TOP OVERHAUL. IMPROPER CRANKCASE TORQUE.

## 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 ATL93LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA118), Jun 29, 1993: Cessna 188B (N731DH), Centre, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL TO PROPERLY TORQUE THE CRANKCASE THROUGH BOLTS.

## Other reports on N731DH (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19881215068599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881215068599I), Dec 15, 1988: Cessna A188B (N731DH), Jasper, TN, Minor damage. Unattended aircraft being warmed up. Not secured. Moved, hitting two parked aircraft.
- [Accident 19770912026329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770912026329A), Sep 12, 1977: Cessna 188ACESSNA (N731DH), Sunflower, MS, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.