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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A188A · Flatrock, AL · August 6, 2001

Date
August 6, 2001 · 11:30 local
Place
Flatrock, AL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9970G
Reported as
Cessna A188A
Reported engine
Continental IO550*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
340 total13 in this make and model13 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.

(-23) Pilot stated that he had departed flat rock airport (a private airport) in north east Alabama, to spray a field approximately five miles away. He stated that he had made fifteen or twenty passes when he noticed that his fuel flow was low and his engine was running rough. He stated that he elected to return to the airport at flat rock. Enroute to the airport the engine stopped producing power. The pilot stated that he landed in a field approximately two miles from flat rock airport. The pilot stated that on landing roll the aircraft went through a barbed wire fence before stopping. Damage was limited to the lower engine cowling, a small nick on the prop, and a dent on the leading edge of the right wing. The engine was running after the emergency landing, however it would produce rated power.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD DEPARTED FLAT ROCK AIRPORT (A PRIVATE AIRPORT) IN NORTH EAST ALABAMA, TO SPRAY A FIELD APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES AWAY. HE STATED THAT HE HAD MADE FIFTEEN OR TWENTY PASSES WHEN HE NOTICED THAT HIS FUEL FLOW WAS LOW AND HIS ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. HE STATED THAT HE ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AT FLAT ROCK. ENROUTE TO THE AIRPORT THE ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES FROM FLAT ROCK AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THAT ON LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH A BARBED WIRE FENCE BEFORE STOPPING. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING, A SMALL NICK ON THE PROP, AND A DENT ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AFTER THE EMERGENCY LANDING, HOWEVER IT WOULD PRODUCE RATED POWER.