- Date
- September 14, 1992, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cogswell, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9747GCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920914036609A
- Case key
- 15262
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power as a result of a complete piston failure.
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 pilot was making an aerial application when he experienced a complete loss of power. He made a forced landing in a potato field. The airplane nosed-over during landing rollout. The investigation revealed that the number 6 piston rod retaining pin boss on the underside of the number 6 piston had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9747G
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801587T
- Airframe hours
- 2,077
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Dahl Airspray, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 19, 1991 · 101 hours before
- Departed
- ND90
- Destination
- ND90
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,640 total · 3,800 in this make and model · 5,351 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAR, 60 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.
Other investigations on N9747G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.