Cessna 170A N170KM

Summary

On 19 November 1988 at about 18:15 local time, a Cessna 170A registered N170KM, operated by Reynolds & Cain Flying Service, was involved in an accident near McCrory, Arkansas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 November 1988 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

McCrory, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

35.2504, -91.1891

Aircraft

Cessna 170A

Registration

N170KM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Reynolds & Cain Flying Service

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Augusta → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC89LA030

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 STUDENT PILOT AND PASSENGER SAID AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF LOCAL FLIGHT, THEY EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL POWER LOSS. AN EMERGENCY LDG WAS ATTEMPTED ON A NEAR BY RURAL STRIP, BUT THE PLT SAID HE HAD EXCESS AIRSPEED AND WAS UNABLE TO LAND SUCCESSFULLY. THE ENGINE THEN FAILED COMPLETELY AND HE MADE A FORCED LDG. HE STRUCK A CANAL DITCH, THEN CAREENED INTO A RICE FIELD, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO MALFUNCTION OF THE ENGINE OR COMPONENTS, NOR EVIDENCE OF FUEL STARVATION OR CONTAMINATION. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WERE 600 FEET BROKEN, 2 1/2 TO 5 MILES VISIBILTY WITH LIGHT RAIN AND FOG. TEMPERATURE WAS 52 AND THE DEW POINT WAS 51 DEGREES F. METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE CONDUCIVE FOR THE PROBABILITY OF CARBURETOR ICING ACCORDING TO THE 'ICING PROBABLILTY CHARTS'.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.