- Date
- June 3, 1982, 10:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- White Lake, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N731BGCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820603020519A
- Case key
- 73033
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While returning from a spraying operation, the engine began running rough, and within seconds, it lost power. The pilot was unable to restart the engine, and subsequently, ditched the aircraft in a reservior. An engine teardown revealed that the crankshaft had failed from subsurface fatigue through the #4 crankcheek.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731BG
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802763T
- Airframe hours
- 1,163
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Ted Kutschera
- Registered owner
- Ted Kutschera
- Departed
- MSV
- Destination
- MSV
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 8,148 total · 2,577 in this make and model · 7,963 as pilot in command · 78 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 149 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.