# Accident 20050914023689A: Cessna A188B, Paris, TX, September 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2005, 09:50 local time
- Place: Paris, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: TJPG
- Location: 33.8872° N, 95.8658° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8872&lon=-95.8658&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9640G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9640G-2006-07-28) (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: 10,353 total, 6,434 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050914023689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILURE. NO INJURY TO SOLE OCCUPANT.

## 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 DFW05CA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA238), Sep 14, 2005: Cessna A188B (N9640G), Paris, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due the failure of a connecting rod. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

## Other reports on N9640G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810325013329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810325013329A), Mar 25, 1981: Cessna 172M (N9640G), Belhaven, NC, Substantial damage. Tried to take off with frost on wings. Unable to climb out of ground effect. Ranoff end runway. Nosed over.

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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