- Date
- September 3, 1992, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8041VCessna A188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920903039149A
- Case key
- 18234
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Probable cause
Fractured connecting rod. A factor was: the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
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 turning around to begin another spray run when the engine 'sputtered and stopped' and the propeller stopped. The pilot dropped full flaps and attempted a forced landing on a path between two fields. The pilot intentionally stalled the airplane just above a corn field. The right wing dropped, struck tall corn stalks, and the airplane cartwheeled. Post accident examination disclosed the no. 1 connecting rod had fractured, knocking a hole in the crankcase.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8041V
- Reported as
- Cessna A188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-0291
- Airframe hours
- 2,218
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Seelohoff, Ron, doing business as Seelohoff Aerial Sprayers
- Registered owner
- Wood, Ronald C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1991 · 150 hours before
- Departed
- 5C0 · Burlington, CO
- Destination
- 5C0
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 994 total · 408 in this make and model · 830 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °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.