- Date
- July 2, 1989, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hollandale, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3775JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890702018939A
- Case key
- 32450
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Probable cause
The failure of the turbocharger due to an improperly installed retaining nut. The soft/wet terrain was a contributing factor.
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
While returning to the arpt after a spraying opn, a reduction of eng power occurred. Subsequently, the plt landed the acft in a rice paddy and it nosed over. An exam of the eng revealed that the turbocharger impeller retaining nut had come loose, which resulted in damage to the turbocharger. The plt stated the eng quit producing power & he was forced to land in a flooded rice field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3775J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 03669T
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Hollandale Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Dwight K Rudder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- 14M · Hollendale, MS
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,742 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 2,742 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRW, 27 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.