Cessna A188B N9172R

Summary

On 27 August 1983 at about 11:30 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N9172R, operated by AG Flying Service, Inc., was involved in an accident near Samson, 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

27 August 1983 at 11:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Samson, Alabama, United States

Coordinates

31.1091, -86.0399

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N9172R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

AG Flying Service, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Samson → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83LA341

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 COLLIDED WITH A DIRT BANK DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER AN INFLT POWER LOSS. THE PILOT WAS ENROUTE TO A FIELD AT ABOUT 500 FT AGL WHEN THE POWER LOSS OCCURRED. THE PILOT DID NOT JETTISON HIS LOAD OF CHEMICALS. HE LANDED ON WET GRASS AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME TO AVOID THE EMBANKMENT. THE ENGINE WAS EXAMINED AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE CRANKSHAFTWAS BROKEN BETWEEN THE #3 MAIN JOURNAL AND THE #3 CONNECTING ROD JOURNAL. THE #3 MAIN BEARINGS WERE WORN AND HAD BEEN ROTATING ON THE CRANKSHAFT. THE FRACTURED SURFACE OF THE CRANKSHAFT APPEARED TO CONTAIN FATIGUE RELATED MARKINGS. THE ENGINE HAD BEEN OPERATING 2160 HOURS, 877 SINCE OVERHAUL. THE OWNERS KNOW OF NO HISTORY OF PROPELLER GROUND STRIKES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.