# Accident 19981010028809A: Cessna 190, Lost Hills, CA, October 10, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1998, 10:20 local time
- Place: Lost Hills, CA
- Airport: Lost Hills-Kern County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6094° N, 119.9009° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6094&lon=-119.9009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1087D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1087D-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 190 (registry code 2072902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-190) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 190
- Reported engine: CONT W67023
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 150 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981010028809A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED INTO A DITCH AT THE NORTH END OF THE RWY. (-23) AIRCRAFT REPORTED ENGINE FAILED IN CRUISE FLIGHT AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. (NARRATIVE -23) (.4)THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD SOUND AND BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH DURING CRUISE.  THE PILOT FELT HE HAD LOST A CYLINDER AND HEADED TOWARD THE NEARBY LOST HILLS, CALIFORNIA, AIRPORT.  AS HE SET UP FOR FINAL APPROACH THE PILOT NOTICED A TRUCK PARKED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  SINCE THE TRUCK REMAINED STATIONARY THROUGHOUT HIS APPROACH, THE PILOT TRIED TO ADD POWER BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND.  THE PILOT PULLED THE NOSE UP AND CLEARED THE TRUCK.  THIS FORCED HIM TO LAND LONG AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND WENT INTO A DITCH THAT WAS 15 FEET WIDE AND 8 FEET DEEP.  THE DOORS WERE JAMMED AND THE OCCUPANTS WERE FORCED TO BREAK THE WINDSHIELD WITH THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN ORDER TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION BY THE SAFETY BOARD'S MATERIALS LABORATORY REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER 4 CYLINDER ARTICULATING ROD HAD EXPERIENCED A FATIGUE FRACTURE WHICH INITIATED AT THE CORNER OF THE I-BEAM SECTION AND PROPAGATED THROUGH ITS CROSS SECTION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX99LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA007), Oct 10, 1998: Cessna 190 (N1087D), Lost Hills, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fatigue failure of the number 4 cylinder articulating rod.

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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