- Date
- June 23, 1983, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Campbell Hill, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N731KYCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830623027439A
- Case key
- 12230
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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
After taking off from a haul road, which was being used as an airstrip, the acft began climbing. At about 100 ft AGL, the plt noted a loss of power (thrust) as the eng began to overspeed. The plt lowered the nose to gain airspeed & dumped his load, but was unable to maintain altitude. At about the same time, the acft had flown out over a slurry pond. Subsequently, during an emergency landing, the aircraft touched down on soft, sandy terrain & nosed over. An exam of the propeller (prop) revealed that both actuating links had failed. Wear was noted on the outer semicircular sections of one link, while the absence of wear was noted on the other. The prop had been in service for 384 hrs since it was overhauled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731KY
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802965T
- Airframe hours
- 2,980
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Andy Burk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 23, 1982 · 200 hours before
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
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,000 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.