ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 368724
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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1989 |
| Time: | 21:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 188 |
| Owner/operator: | Thomas, Charles I. |
| Registration: | N9084R |
| MSN: | 18802105T |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1848 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-D23 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Table Rock, NE -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Liberty, NE (NE57) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PLT SAID THAT HE WAS COMPLETING AN AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATION WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED ON ROUGH TERRAIN WHICH RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE INTERNAL ENGINE COMPONENTS DUE TO OIL STARVATION. THE REASON FOR THE OIL STARVATION COULD NOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE INTERNAL DAMAGE.
Probable Cause: THE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE INTERNAL ENGINE COMPONENTS DUE TO OIL STARVATION. CONTRIBUTING TO THE SEVERITY OF THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ROUGH TERRAIN THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO LAND ON.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC89LA114
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 24-Mar-2024 06:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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