- Date
- July 31, 1984, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Driscoll, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9656GCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 21430
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Propeller system/accessories,blade - failure,totalFactor
Propeller system/accessories,blade - undeterminedCause
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,crankshaft - failure,totalFactor
Engine assembly,crankcase - failure,partialFactor
Forced landing
Hard landing
Analysis
Acft experienced a propeller blade failure in flight followed by an engine failure due to the unbalanced forces. While making a forced landing the acft was landed hard. The acft was being flown to a field where aerial application was to be performed and had a full agricultural chemical load on board at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9656G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801537T
- Airframe hours
- 1,170
- Engine
- Continental I0-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 137
- Operator
- Willis W Stanley, doing business as Stanley Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Cecil E. Stanley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 27, 1984
- Departed
- 07R · Bishop, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 250 in this make and model · 166 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None