- Date
- August 6, 1988, 19:00 local (Aug 7, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Preu, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5550GCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880806030869A
- Case key
- 13902
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Aerial applicator experienced total failure of throttle cable during application swath run. Aircraft received substantial damage when pilot executed forced landing in adjacent crop field. Aircraft and engine had received annual inspection 125 hours prior to failure. Post acc invest revealed that the throttle cable broke, allowing the engine to go to idle RPM. According to the plt, the eng originally had a spring, sleeve, and bracket assy to provide power in case of a cable failure. These items were subsequently removed from the eng by persons unknown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5550G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1881112
- Airframe hours
- 3,134
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Wayne Eck
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 8, 1988 · 125 hours before
- Departed
- OKK · Kokomo, IN
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 8,075 total · 3,550 in this make and model · 8,025 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 54 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.