# Incident 19950421042299I: Cessna 188B, Ephrata, WA, April 21, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1995, 17:00 local time
- Place: Ephrata, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: WYOG
- Location: 47.3121° N, 119.5344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ephrata, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3121&lon=-119.5344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8960G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8960G-2000-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 600 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950421042299I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION, PROPELLER BLADE FAILED RESULTING IN SEVERE VIBRATION WHICH REQUIRED THE PILOT TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A WHEAT FIELD. PROPELLER HAD BEEN OVERHAULED 52.7 HOURS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION TO BE PERFORMED AT MCCAULEY PROPELLERS AND TO BE WITNESSED BY THE CHICAGO ACO.

## Other reports on N8960G (1)

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

- [Accident 19970731020559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970731020559A), Jul 31, 1997: Cessna A188B (N8960G), Satanta, KS, Substantial damage. Smoke in cockpit returning to base pilot panicked. Crash landed. Apparently activated the wind check smoker.

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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