- Date
- September 10, 1989, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sunland Park, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9342RCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890910034329A
- Case key
- 17780
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Probable cause
Undetermined. A factor related to the accident was the crop in the emergency landing area.
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 commercial plt was applying fertilizer to a cotton field. He reported that during a turn from a swath run, 'the engine gave a slight RPM increase then it lost power through the propeller.' The plt said he '. . . Pushed the throttle, mixture and propeller controls full forward, but the acft did not respond.' He said the engine continued to run, but the plane lost airspeed. The plt was able to dump the remaining fertilizer before impact. At touchdown, the plane nosed over, the propeller separated from the engine, the right wing was severed and the fuselage was damaged. The plane came to rest inverted. An investigation failed to reveal any evidence to explain the reported loss of propeller thrust.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9342R
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188022471
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Osman, Marc C.
- Registered owner
- Marc Osman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1988
- Departed
- 5T6 · Santa Teresa, NM
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,247 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 5,010 as pilot in command · 299 in the last 90 days · 102 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.