# Accident 20040816023489A: Cessna T188C, Heth, AR, August 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2004, 15:30 local time
- Place: Heth, AR
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: UTCG
- Location: 35.0681° N, 90.4839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0681&lon=-90.4839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9314J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9314J-2008-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T188C (registry code 2073012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T188C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,001 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA214) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040816023489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 16, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 1615 CDT A CESSNA T188C, SINGLE ENGINE TAIL-WHEEL EQUIPPED AGRICULTURAL AIRPLANE N9314J, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF POWER WHILE LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR HETH, ARKANSAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY HUTCHERSON FLYING SERVICE, INC., OF FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 137 AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP AT 1424.

## 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 FTW04LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA214), Aug 16, 2004: Cessna T188C (N9314J), Heth, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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