# NTSB DEN92LA090: Cessna A188, N8041V, Burlington, CO, September 3, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 3, 1992, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Burlington, CO
- Coordinates: 39.300807, -102.269088 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3008&lon=-102.2691&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 9, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 18234
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN92LA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/18234/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN92LA090

## Probable cause

FRACTURED CONNECTING ROD.  A FACTOR WAS:  THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR THE FORCED LANDING.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, maneuvering - turn to reverse direction
  - engine assembly,connecting rod - fractured (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - high vegetation
  - terrain condition - crop
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8041V-2013-05-13), registration cancelled 2013-05-13, S/N 188-0291, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188
- Registry model: [Cessna A188](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (registry code 2073004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 188-0291
- Airframe hours: 2218
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920903039149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920903039149A), Sep 3, 1992: Cessna A188, Burlington, CO, Destroyed. Catastrophic engine failure on spray run. Cartwheeled landing in cornfield. Connecting rod put hole in engine case.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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