- Date
- May 6, 1987, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- St. Ignatius, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9282RCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870506012389A
- Case key
- 17220
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
An ag plt was spraying a field near the local arpt, at 100 feet AGL. During an aerial application maneuver, the engine made a loud bang and stopped. The plt leveled the acft, selected a landing site and landed. During the roll out, the acft crossed an irrigation ditch and hit a fence. The left gear was removed by a fence post and the acft skidded, right wing first, to a stop. A post crash inspection of the engine showed a failure of the crankshaft. A service bulletin issued in February, 1987, warned of some previous failures of crankshafts in this engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9282R
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802210T
- Airframe hours
- 2,432
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Daryl V. Cooper, doing business as D. B. Cooper Flight Enter.
- Registered owner
- Cooper Daryl V
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1987 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- 7SO · Ronan, MT
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,342 total · 1,495 in this make and model · 2,240 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.