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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T188C · Monticello, IL · July 15, 2017

Date
July 15, 2017 · 09:00 local
Place
Monticello, IL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
9FIG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4911J
Reported as
Cessna T188C
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
8,916 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot was providing aerial appication services for land owner in Monticello, Illinois when he expirenced total power loss and engine failure. Pilot was able to land the aircraft in a corn field with no injury and minimal damage sustained to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS PROVIDING AERIAL APPICATION SERVICES FOR LAND OWNER IN MONTICELLO, ILLINOIS WHEN HE EXPIRENCED TOTAL POWER LOSS AND ENGINE FAILURE. PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN A CORN FIELD WITH NO INJURY AND MINIMAL DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO AIRCRAFT.