# Incident 20050819022379I: Cessna A188B, St Elmo, IL, August 19, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2005, 13:30 local time
- Place: St Elmo, IL
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: PCHG
- Location: 39.0218° N, 88.8514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Elmo, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0218&lon=-88.8514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9438G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9438G-2006-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26,152 total, 6,490 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050819022379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FRIDAY AUGUST 19TH AT ABOUT 1:30 PM THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEEDING OATS AND TURNIP SEEDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF ST. ELMO, IL NORTH OF HIGHWAY 40. ON THE 4TH PASS TO THE SOUTH AND ON THE TURN-AROUND THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND STOPPED COMPLETELY WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE PIC MADE AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. THE PIC EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED IN ANY WAY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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