# Incident 19960802040029I: Cessna 188CESSNA, Wisner, LA, August 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1996, 15:00 local time
- Place: Wisner, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9804° N, 91.6551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wisner, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9804&lon=-91.6551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39RJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39RJ-2002-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 188 (registry code 2073002, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960802040029I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 2, 1996, A CESSNA 188 AIRCRAFT, N39RJ, WAS IN A STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT ENROUTE TO ITS HOME BASE WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION IN A CORN FIELD AND CAME TO REST AFTER COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES INCURRED BY THE PILOT WHO DUMPED HIS LOAD PRIOR TO GOING DOWN. CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE FIELD ON NOVEMBER 4, 1996.

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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