- Date
- July 17, 1991, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9327RCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910717027719A
- Case key
- 32905
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight resulting in water contamination causing loss of engine power.
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 maneuvering over trees the eng experienced a loss of power due to water ingestion. During the descent the wings were severed and the acft caught fire. The acft impacted the ground and was destroyed by fire. Exam of the eng revealed water inside the fuel pump and fuel control finger screen.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9327R
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802238T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Holloway Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Holloway Air Service, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 16, 1991
- Departed
- Shaw, 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,904 total · 165 in this make and model · 2,862 as pilot in command · 165 in the last 90 days · 67 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9327R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.