# Incident 20060410010609I: Cessna 188CESSNA, Desoto, TX, April 10, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2006, 12:50 local time
- Place: Desoto, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 32.5993° N, 96.8629° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeSoto, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5993&lon=-96.8629&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9889V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9889V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 188 (registry code 2073002, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470R (registry code 17071, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060410010609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED PARTIAL POWER LOSS, ENGINE RAN ROUGH, AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO HOLD ALTITUDE. AIRCRAFT MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN VACANT FIELD. UPON INSPECTION BY MECHANIC, IT WAS DETERMINED THE MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED TO COWLING. THE MECHANIC MADE THE NECESSARY REPAIR AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO HOME BASE.

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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