Cessna A188B N2514

Summary

On 5 August 1984 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N2514 was involved in an accident near Prattville, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 August 1984 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Prattville, Alabama, United States

Coordinates

32.5097, -86.5593

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N2514

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Prattville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL84LA242

1 person had minor injuries.

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 PILOT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A FIELD IN PREPARATION FOR AGRICULTURAL SRAYING, THE ENGINE FAILED. THE AIRCRAFTWAS PULLED UP INTO A CLIMBING LEFT TURN AND TURNED BACK TOWARD THE FIELD FOR A FORCED LANDING. THE AIRCRAFTS GLIDE WAS EXTENDED TO CLEAR HOUSE, AND AS THE HOUSE WAS CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT STALLED. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. POST CRASH INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL PRESENT. NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPILLAGE WAS FOUND IN THE CROPS AROUND THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT CAME TO REST.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.