- Date
- October 6, 1986, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gilbert, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N53137Cessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861006048329A
- Case key
- 22195
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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 was conducting aerial application operations when a decrease in fuel pressure and engine surging occurred. Examination failed to reveal a reason for the loss of fuel pressure and the subsequent surging of the engine. The emergency landing had to be made across cotton rows which caused the acft to flip inverted during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53137
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801640T
- Airframe hours
- 2,649
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D23, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Holcombe Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1986 · 300 hours before
- Destination
- Gilbert, LA
- Airport
- Holcomb Flying Serv.Strip
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
- 51
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 13,160 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 200 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.