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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A188B · Brownsville, TN · September 17, 1998

Date
September 17, 1998 · 15:20 local
Place
Brownsville, TN
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N21736
Reported as
Cessna A188B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,371 total7,550 in this make and model258 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Throttle cable failed internally causing engine power to remain at idle. Pilot landed aircraft in cotton field with minor damage and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

THROTTLE CABLE FAILED INTERNALLY CAUSING ENGINE POWER TO REMAIN AT IDLE. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT IN COTTON FIELD WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.