- Date
- June 29, 1991, 11:09 local (16:09 UTC)
- Place
- Muscle Shoals, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N48430Cessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 8425
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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
According to the pilot, approximately 40 gallons of fuel was on board the airplane when he departed the private airstrip. About 35 minutes into the spraying operation the engine lost power during a swath run. The airplane collided with 50 to 75 foot tall trees on the departure end of the field, and crashed in an adjacent field 500 feet beyond the trees. The post-crash examination of the airplane failed to reveal any preimpact mechanial problems; there was a substantial amount of the fuel in the damaged fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48430
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-02362T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Brooks Ag Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Brooks Ag Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- Town Creek, AL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 9,000 in this make and model · 75 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSL, 3 nm away