- Date
- July 12, 1991, 19:30 local (Jul 13, 1991, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Burley, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6302GCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910712027259A
- Case key
- 41479
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Probable cause
Powerplant failure for undetermined reasons. Factors include in-flight collision with a tree.
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
The pilot of the Cessna 188 stated that he was in cruise flight, en route to an aerial application, when the aircraft experienced a total loss of engine power. The pilot felt he was too low for any emergency corrective action, so he dumped his chemical load, and attempted an emergency landing in a vacant lot near the center of town. During the flare the wing of the aircraft hit a tree, causing it to separate just prior to ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6302G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801185
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Richard Kennet
- Registered owner
- Richard Kennet
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- BYI · Burley, ID
- Destination
- BYI · Burley, ID
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 8,401 total · 680 in this make and model · 8,047 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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.
Other investigations on N6302G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.