- Date
- July 30, 1988, 19:45 local (Jul 31, 1988, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- York, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N21779Cessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880730029989A
- Case key
- 34618
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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
En route to perform an aerial application operation, the plt said he experienced a partial power loss followed by complete power failure. He attempted an emergency ldg in a farm cornfield, substantially damaging the acft. An on scene investigation by the FAA revealed minimum fuel quantities. The engine was removed by the FAA, and after adding fuel, the engine started after five revolutions and ran normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21779
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801029
- Airframe hours
- 2,620
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Jerome D. Bair
- Registered owner
- Bair, Jerome D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 30, 1987 · 154 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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model · 23,900 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.