# Incident 20010806026069I: Cessna A188A, Flatrock, AL, August 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2001, 11:30 local time
- Place: Flatrock, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Aircraft: N9970G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9970G-2020-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188A (registry code 2073008, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188A
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010806026069I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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