- Date
- April 26, 1983, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Hope, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4874RCessna A-188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830426016229A
- Case key
- 6058
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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.
Analysis
The acft struck powerlines and crashed during an emergency landing after a loss of power while spraying on an aerial application mission. The plt stated that while spraying he noticed oil beginning to cover the windshield. He had begun aclimb and dumped the chemical load when the propeller separated from the acft. During the forced landing the tailwheel struck a powerline and the acft landed in a tail low attitude. Examination of the acft showed failure of the crankshaft in fatigue and separation at the oil slinger flange.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4874R
- Reported as
- Cessna A-188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802393T
- Airframe hours
- 2,130
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D-9B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Underwood Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 28, 1983 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- M82 · Huntsville, AL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 8,300 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.