# NTSB FTW85LA132: Cessna A188B, N5752G, Dequincy, LA, March 2, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 2, 1985, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Dequincy, LA
- Coordinates: 30.369949, -93.400291 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3699&lon=-93.4003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21683
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21683/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA132

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise
  - engine assembly - undetermined (cause)
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

EN ROUTE BACK TO A PRIVATE AIR STRIP, ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE ENGINE FAILED. THE ENGINE RE-STARTED AND RAN FOR 2 TO 3 SECONDS BEFORE STOPPING. THE AERIAL APPLICATION ACFT FLEW A FORCED LDG INTO PINE TREES COMING TO A STOP SUSPENDED ABOVE THE GROUND. RECOVERY OF THE WRECKAGE WAS DELAYED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS DURING WHICH TIME VARIOUS ENGINE COMPONENTS AND THE DATA PLATE WERE STOLEN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5752G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18801144T
- Airframe hours: 1881
- Engines: CONTINENTAL UNKNOWN reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Harold R. Winters
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1984, 10 hours before

## 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: front

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °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 19850302005129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850302005129A), Mar 2, 1985: Cessna A188B, Dequincy, LA, Destroyed. Forced landing in pine trees during return to private airport. Undetermined loss of engine power.

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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