- Date
- April 2, 1983, 12:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Soloman, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2074JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830402010759A
- Case key
- 23667
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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 experienced a partial power loss and made an emergency landing in the field it was spraying. The acft had only made one spraying pass since being serviced with a full load of fuel and 140 gallons of chemical before the power loss occurred. As the acft continued to lose power it lost alt and landed. The landing gear was torn from the acft and it bounced but remained upright. The pilot attempted to dump load before landing but gate stop was incorrectly set and would not dump. The engine was later tested and fuel system contamination was found in the form of rust, sand grains andfine aluminum fragments. During the testing the #6 fuel nozzle became plugged enough to lose power on #6 cylinder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2074J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T188 03364T
- Airframe hours
- 1,485
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Davis Aerial Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1983 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- SAD · Safford, AZ
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
- 56
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 23,500 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 28 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Observed at
- E74, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.