# NTSB CHI02LA282: Cessna A188B, N4919Q, Dexter, MO, September 9, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: September 9, 2002, 10:20 local (15:20 UTC) - Place: Dexter, MO - Coordinates: 36.789764, -89.960838 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7898&lon=-89.9608&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 5, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration, Teledyne Continental Motors - NTSB case key (mKey): 55701 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI02LA282 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/55701/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA282 ## Probable cause The fatigue fracture of the connecting rod, the recommended engine overhaul not performed by the company, and the low altitude flight. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power, maneuvering - turn to reverse direction - engine assembly,connecting rod - fatigue (cause) - maintenance,overhaul - not performed, company/operator management (cause) - Forced landing, emergency descent/landing - In flight collision with terrain/water, emergency landing - terrain condition - open field ## Analysis The agricultural airplane impacted a cotton field during a forced landing. Examination of the engine revealed that the number two connecting rod was fractured. The fracture surface was consistent with a fatigue fracture. The engine exceed the manufacture's time to be overhauled by 283 hours. ## Factual narrative On September 9, 2002, at 1020 central daylight time, a Cessna A188B, N4919Q, piloted by a commercial pilot, was substantially damaged on impact with terrain. The pilot performed a forced landing while applying pesticide on a cotton field near Dexter, Missouri. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 137 agricultural flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot was uninjured. The flight originated from Dexter Municipal Airport, Dexter, Missouri, at 0850. The pilot reported that the engine experienced a total loss of engine power while turning to change course for another pass over the field. The airplane was powered by a Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) IO-520-D32B, serial number 282977-R, engine. The engine accumulated a total time of 1,983 hours. The manufacturer's recommended time to be overhauled for the engine was 1,700 hours. The engine was removed from the airframe and shipped to TCM, Mobile, Alabama, for a disassembly examination under the supervision of the National Transportation Safety Board. The examination revealed that the number two connecting rod was fractured at the journal area. The fracture surface was noted to have beach marks. The Federal Aviation Administration and TCM were parties to the investigation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N4919Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4919Q-2013-07-19), registration cancelled 2013-07-19, S/N 18802654T, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna A188B - Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18802654T - Airframe hours: 6451.7 - Engines: Teledyne Continental IO-520-D32B 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Aerial application, Part 137 - Operator: Randal Laverne Douglass, doing business as Douglass Co LLC - Registered owner: Douglass CO LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, May 25, 2002 - Departed: DXE, DEXTER, MO - Destination: DXE ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 29; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2; seat: center; flight hours: 700 total, 400 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 0° at 0 knots - Visibility: 8 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 30.13 inHg - Observed at: POF, 26 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20020909027589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020909027589A), Sep 9, 2002: Cessna A188B, Dexter, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) In a written statement obtained from the pilot, he stated he departed Dexter Municipal Airport at 8:58 a.m. for an aerial application to a cotton field… From the NTSB's public API. 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