- Date
- June 4, 1987, 04:45 local (10:45 UTC)
- Place
- Malta, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N417JCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 17242
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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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Main gear collapsed
Terrain condition - softFactor
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
After takeoff on initial climb the acft had a pwr loss which resulted in a forced landing. A hard landing occurred in an open field which sheared off the main landing gear and damaged the airframe. The cause of the pwr loss could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N417J
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18803800T
- Airframe hours
- 800
- Engine
- Continental IO52, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ken Cebulski
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 30, 1987 · 51 hours before
- Airport
- MLK · Malta, runway 12, 2,400 × 200 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 19,500 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F