- Date
- September 14, 2005, 09:02 local (14:02 UTC)
- Place
- Paris, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9640GCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050914023689A
- Case key
- 62467
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due the failure of a connecting rod. A contributing 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 10,300-hour commercial pilot was conducting an aerial application flight. During the flight the airplane's engine experienced a drop in RPM. The pilot elected to return to the airport. While en route, the engine experienced a drop in manifold pressure and a emitted a large puff of smoke from the engine. The engine subsequently experienced a total loss of power and the pilot executed an emergency landing to a pasture. Upon roll out the airplane struck a barbwire fence and came to rest in an upright position. Examination of the engine revealed a hole on the top of the engine case, consistent with a connecting rod failure. The engine was found to have accumulated a total time of 766 hours, with 122 hours since its last inspection.
Factual narrative
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Aircraft
- Registration
- N9640G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801576
- Airframe hours
- 4,812
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Tom Knox
- Registered owner
- Tom Knox
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2005 · 122 hours before
- Departed
- PRX · Paris, TX
- Airport
- PRX · Cox Fld
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
- 56
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 10,353 total · 6,434 in this make and model · 123 in the last 90 days · 62 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots, gusting 19
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- KPRX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.