- Date
- April 6, 1992, 14:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Washita, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N70321Cessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920406011949A
- Case key
- 18485
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Probable cause
The failure of the main landing gear during the forced landing due to corrosion and fatigue. A factor was the power loss due to a fractured crankshaft.
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 experienced a total power loss while en route during an aerial application flight. He subsequently landed in a wheat field. During the roll out, the airplane encountered a rise in the terrain and both main landing gear wheels separated from the struts. Examination of the engine revealed a broken crankshaft. Examination of the landing gear revealed corrosion on the inside walls of the struts and evidence of pre-existing cracks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70321
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-01885T
- Airframe hours
- 5,633
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Fickling, Joe F.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 1991 · 140 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Eakly, OK
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 16,639 total · 350 in this make and model · 16,300 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.