# NTSB FTW85LA124: Cessna T-188C, N2633J, De Quincy, LA, February 16, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 16, 1985, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: De Quincy, LA
- Coordinates: 30.370014, -93.399192 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3700&lon=-93.3992&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21677
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA124
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21677/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA124

## 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, cruise - normal
  - fluid,oil - starvation (cause)
  - engine assembly - undetermined (cause)
  - engine assembly - failure,total (cause)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - poor, company maintenance personnel (contributing factor)
  - maintenance,inspection - not performed, company maintenance personnel (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - none suitable (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T-188C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T18803489T
- Airframe hours: 1093
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850216004149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850216004149A), Feb 16, 1985: Cessna T188C, Dequincy, LA, Destroyed. Oil temperature reached red line and during turn back to airport engine seized. Landed in trees. Oil starvation.

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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