# Accident 20030820021439A: Cessna T188C, Colorado City, TX, August 20, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2003, 08:15 local time
- Place: Colorado City, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: V13G
- Location: 32.3908° N, 100.8505° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3908&lon=-100.8505&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3872J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3872J-2005-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T188C (registry code 2073012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T188C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- Pilot flight hours: 2,910 total, 372 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030820021439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 20, 2003, A CESSNA T188C, AGRICULTURAL AIRPLANE N3872J, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. A SUBSEQUENT ENGINE TEAR DOWN REVEALED THE CRANKSHAFT HAD BROKEN AT THE NUBMER TWO BEARING AFT JOURNAL CHEEK.

## 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 FTW03LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA199), Aug 20, 2003: Cessna T188C (N3872J), Colorado City, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to failure of the crankshaft. A contributing factor was low altitude flight.

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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