# Incident 20120721013769I: Cessna A188B, Anahuac, TX, July 21, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2012, 06:45 local time
- Place: Anahuac, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7652° N, 94.6785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anahuac, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7652&lon=-94.6785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731VY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N731VY) (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 MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,480 total, 176 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120721013769I

## Narrative

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

A CESSNA 188A AG WAGON, BEING OPERATED BY CHAMBERS COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN ENGINE RPM DROP DURING A CLIMB OVER ANAHUAC TEXAS.  THE PILOT REPORTED WHILE HEADING WESTBOUND OVER THE CITY, TO PERFORM AERIAL APPLICATION THE ENGINE RPM'S DROP TO 2000, AND HE HAD NO THROTTLE CONTROL OVER THE ENGINE. PILOT FOUND AN OPEN FIELD NORTHWEST OF ANAHUAC AND DUMPED HIS LOAD OF PESTICIDE TO GAIN ALTITUDE, THEN MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING TO A PAVED LEVEE ROAD ADJACENT TO GALVESTON BAY. FAA INSPECTOR FOUND THE CONTROL ARM / LEVER ON THE ENGINE THROTTLE BODY HAD BROKEN IN TWO, AT THE CONTROL SPRING ATTACH POINT.

## Other reports on N731VY (2)

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

- [Accident 19830415015459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830415015459A), Apr 15, 1983: Cessna A188B (N731VY), Williamson, NY, Substantial damage. Engine quit shortly after takeoff. Jettisoned load. Crash landed in a soft field. Engine driven fuel pump seized.
- [Accident 19790608012109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790608012109A), Jun 8, 1979: Cessna A188B (N731VY), Bentonia, MS, Destroyed. Stalled during procedure turn around during spray operation. Gusty wind existed.

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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