- Date
- October 8, 1988, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Flora, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2896JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881008045809A
- Case key
- 32343
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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
After dispensing a chemical load, the plt was rtrng to re-load when the eng began running rough. He said he noted the fuel flow was erratic, so he turned on the boost pump. The eng stabilized momentarily, then smoke entered the cockpit & the eng began surging. Subsequently, the acft was damaged drg an emergency landing on rough/uneven terrain. The shoulderharness failed as the acft went over on its nose drg the landing, but the lap belt held. After the acft came to rest, the plt evacuated the plane. Subsequently, the acft was destroyed by fire. An exam revealed a hole in the exhaust pipe on the right side of the eng. The hole was near the EGT probe; it allowed gases to be directed toward fuel lines & elec wires. The mode of shoulder harness failure was not determined since it was destroyed by fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2896J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803571T
- Airframe hours
- 2,854
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Bentonia Aerial Applicators
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · May 3, 1988 · 12 hours before
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,946 total · 2,900 in this make and model · 3,946 as pilot in command · 320 in the last 90 days · 110 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN, 18 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.