# Accident 20000910016319A: Lkheed 188A, Tampa, FL, September 10, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2000, 15:05 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9595° N, 82.4909° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9595&lon=-82.4909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9977G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9977G-2006-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 188A (registry code 2073006, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 188A
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL00LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000910016319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPT. 10, 2000 AT 1505 EST DURING A LOCAL BANNER TOW FLIGHT, A CESSNA 188, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT IN THE VICINITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN THE CONTINENTAL MOTOR'S NUMBER SIX PISTON ARM ASSEMBLY WENT THROUGH THE ENGINE CASE. THE OIL WAS DEPLETED FROM THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE SEIZED. THE A/C ENDED UP IN A FIELD AFTER STRIKING A POWER LINE. THE LEFT WING SEPARATED FROM THE A/C. THE WEATHER WAS VFR. (.4)ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2000, AT 1505 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 188, N9977G, COLLIDED WITH A UTILITY LINE AND THE GROUND DURING AN ATTEMPTED FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR TAMPA, FLORIDA. AMERICAN OUTDOOR ADVERTISING OPERATED THE BANNER TOW FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE BANNER TOW STAGING AREA AT THE TAMPA NORTH AERO PARK IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, AT 1403.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE HAD COMPLETED THE ADVERTISING MISSION FOR THIS BANNER, AND WAS ENROUTE TO THE STAGING AREA TO DROP THE BANNER. WHILE ENROU          TE, THE ENGINE, WITHOUT WARNING, APPEARED TO ACCELERATE INTO AN OVER-SPEED CONDITION. SECONDS LATER, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND QUIT. THE PILOT SELECTED AN AREA FOR A FORCED LANDING AND ESTABLISHED AN APPROACH. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A UTILITY LINE AS THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRPLANE TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH A PILE OF LUMBER. THE ON-SITE EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE DISCLOSED THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE ENGINE CRANKCASE. THE EXAMINATION ALSO REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER SIX CONNECTING ROD CAP WAS DISCONNECTED AND THE CONNECTING ROD HAD PUNCHED THROUGH THE CRANKCASE. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE DISCLOSED THAT THE THERE WAS NO LUBRICATION OIL IN THE ENGINE CASE, AND THAT THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, THE ENGINE HAD RECENTLY UNDERGONE MAJOR REPAIRS.

## 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 ATL00LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA088), Sep 10, 2000: Cessna 188 (N9977G), Tampa, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the number six-piston connecting rod that resulted in the total loss of engine power.

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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