- Date
- February 16, 1985, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- De Quincy, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2633JCessna T-188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850216004149A
- Case key
- 21677
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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.
Analysis
The acft made an emergency landing in trees following an eng failure at 200 ft AGL. Shortly after departure from an ag strip, the eng oil temp started rising. The plt started a turn to return to the strip. During the turn the eng seized and the plt landed in the trees as there was no other suitable terrain. The eng had a histroy of high oil consumption that was not remedied. Insp of the eng revealed that there was no oil present. Suspect oil starvation with a subsequent internal failure. The engine was not made available for teardown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2633J
- Reported as
- Cessna T-188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803489T
- Airframe hours
- 1,093
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Harold R. Winters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1984
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,295 total · 1,600 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 13 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.