# Incident 19970916026889I: Cessna A188B, Holcomb, MS, September 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1997, 15:15 local time
- Place: Holcomb, MS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: LUVG
- Location: 33.7642° N, 89.9732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Holcomb, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7642&lon=-89.9732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4839R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4839R-2003-11-25) (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: 14,000 total, 600 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/19970916026889I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS THE PILOT OBSERVED THE OIL TEMPERATURE GAUGE AT MAX TEMP RED LINE. HE REDUCED ENGINE POWER TO 23" MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND 2300 RPM. THE OIL TEMP REDUCED BELOW RED LINE SLIGHTLY. PILOT THEN HEARD A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH AND SMOKE COMING INTO THE COCKPIT. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS CONDUCTED AND DURING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES. THE #6 ENGINE CYLINDER WAS FOUND SEPARATED AT THE LOWER SKIRT. #6 ENGINE CYLINDER FAILED AT SEPARATION BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER COOLING FINS. INSPECTION SHOWED SIGNS OF EXHAUST LEAKAGE AROUND FORWARD EDGE OF CYLINDER INDICATING PARTIAL FAILURE SOMETIME BEFORE SEPARATION CYLINDER HAD OCCURRED.

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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