Cessna A-188B N4874R

Summary

On 26 April 1983 at about 14:30 local time, a Cessna A-188B registered N4874R was involved in an accident near New Hope, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 April 1983 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

New Hope, Alabama, United States

Coordinates

34.5307, -86.4100

Aircraft

Cessna A-188B

Registration

N4874R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Huntsville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83LA170

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT STRUCK POWERLINES AND CRASHED DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER A LOSS OF POWER WHILE SPRAYING ON AN AERIAL APPLICATION MISSION. THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE SPRAYING HE NOTICED OIL BEGINNING TO COVER THE WINDSHIELD. HE HAD BEGUN ACLIMB AND DUMPED THE CHEMICAL LOAD WHEN THE PROPELLER SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT. DURING THE FORCED LANDING THE TAILWHEEL STRUCK A POWERLINE AND THE ACFT LANDED IN A TAIL LOW ATTITUDE. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT SHOWED FAILURE OF THE CRANKSHAFT IN FATIGUE AND SEPARATION AT THE OIL SLINGER FLANGE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.