# Accident 20100729040299A: Cessna T188C, Montezuma, IN, July 29, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2010, 13:20 local time
- Place: Montezuma, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 39.7606° N, 87.3597° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7606&lon=-87.3597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2085J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2085J-2020-11-14) (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 MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA450](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA450) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100729040299A

## Narrative

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

SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM CLINTON INDIANA (1I7) AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET THE ENGINE QUIT AND LUBRICATING OIL WAS THROWN ON THE WINDSCREEN. THE LOAD OF FUNGICIDE WAS JETTISONED BEFORE LANDING IN A CORN FIELD WHERE THE LEFT HAND GEAR WAS TORN OFF OF THE AIRFRAME. BOTH WINGS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

## 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 CEN10LA450](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA450), Jul 29, 2010: Cessna T188C (N2085J), Montezuma, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to an insufficient fastener preload that led to the failure of the No. 2 connecting rod assembly.

## Other reports on N2085J (1)

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

- [Accident 20200612006589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200612006589A), Jun 12, 2020: Cessna T188C (N2085J), Milton, OK, Substantial damage. On June 12, 2020 at approximately 1400 [privacy data omitted] was applying herbicide to a field 3 miles wsw of Milton, OK. At the end of his spray run the…

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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