- Date
- June 24, 1991, 07:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Delta, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8278GCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910624023789A
- Case key
- 18103
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Probable cause
A total power loss due to a ruptured fuel line, and the installation of an incorrect fuel line.
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
As the pilot was pulling up from a spray run, the engine lost power. He made a forced landing on a rural road. During the landing roll out, the airplane struck a sign and the main landing gear collapsed. Postaccident engine examination disclosed the fuel pressure line had failed where it attaches to the fuel distributor. There was evidence the nut had been over torqued. The copper fuel line was installed when the engine was overhauled, and failed 63 hours later. According to the airplane manufacturer, a flexible steel braided line should have been installed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8278G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188012765T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Charles M. Gilpen, doing business as Valley Aviation Service
- Registered owner
- Charles M. Gilpen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 200 in this make and model · 200 in the last 90 days · 200 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N8278G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.