- Date
- September 11, 1982, 09:35 local (13:35 UTC)
- Place
- Nashville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9184RCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820911045469A
- Case key
- 71832
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system,fuel control - contaminationCause
Fuel system,fuel control - blocked(total)Cause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The engine failed while the acft was enroute to spray a soybean crop. Deposits of dirt & sediment were found in the fuel control assembly body screen.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9184R
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802142T
- Airframe hours
- 675
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D-33, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- David Hendley, Jr.
- Registered owner
- David Hendley, Jr.
- Departed
- Nashville, GA
- Destination
- Nashville, GA
- Airport
- runway 9, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,223 total · 788 in this make and model · 1,167 as pilot in command · 254 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.