# Incident 19980917024919I: Cessna A188B, Brownsville, TN, September 17, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1998, 15:20 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.5890° N, 89.2579° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brownsville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5890&lon=-89.2579&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21736, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21736-2014-09-16) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,371 total, 7,550 in this make and model, 258 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980917024919I

## Narrative

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

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

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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