- Date
- August 3, 1990, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Archibald, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N70114Cessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900803030249A
- Case key
- 22991
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Probable cause
The power loss for undetermined reasons. A factor was the rough uneven terrain in which the forced landing was performed.
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
After the last swath run the pilot pulled up and experienced a total loss of power. A forced landing on the edge of a cotton field resulted in terrain impact slightly nose low. The FAA representative and the airplane owner inspected the engine and found no mechanical discrepancies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70114
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801840T
- Airframe hours
- 3,192
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Charles B. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1990 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Mangham, LA
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,625 total · 110 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 421 in the last 90 days · 220 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N70114 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.