- Date
- June 10, 1983, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ashburn, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N21830Cessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830610024809A
- Case key
- 5965
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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
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The plt reported that after the 4th pass, he had just completed a turn over a wooded area when the engine power went to idle RPM. He was forced to land in the trees, adjacent to the field that he was spraying. No preimpact, mechanical failure was found. The plt reported only 1 hr of previous flt experience in this make & model.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21830
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801065
- Airframe hours
- 3,260
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Evans Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 1982 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Coverdale, GA
- Airport
- 75J · Turner County
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,450 total · 1 in this make and model · 2,290 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABY, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.