# NTSB MKC87LA116: Cessna 188-B, N21711, Sigourney, IA, June 3, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 3, 1987, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Sigourney, IA
- Coordinates: 41.330768, -92.199554 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3308&lon=-92.1996&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34393
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA116
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34393/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA116

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise
  - engine assembly - failure,total (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, cruise
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (cause)

## Analysis

DURING AN UNLOADED RE-POSITIONING FLT TO BEGIN AN AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATION, THE PIC EXPERIENCED A TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. A FORCED LDG WAS ATTEMPTED AND ACFT HIT A DITCH AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N21711 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188-B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1880984T
- Airframe hours: 2610
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jerome R. Kohlhaas
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1987, 30 hours before
- Departed: IA83, LIVERMORE, IA
- Destination: C84, SIGOURNEY, IA
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 2,665 total, 940 in this make and model, 2,600 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 20 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point -0 °F

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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