- Date
- June 17, 1991, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wallis, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4719QCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910617022409A
- Case key
- 23217
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Probable cause
The partial power loss during a critical phase of flight. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain onto which a successful forced landing could have been executed.
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 pilot reported a 300 RPM drop and a loss of power during initial climb after takeoff from a private strip. He stated the airplane was not capable of substaining flight and he elected to land straight ahead in a maize field. During the landing roll, in soft terrain, the airplane nosed over and spun 360 degrees. The cause of the power loss was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4719Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802492T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Lowell Hicks
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1991 · 26 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Double L
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
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 24,000 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.