ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357856
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| Date: | Friday 12 January 1996 |
| Time: | 17:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna A188B |
| Owner/operator: | Carson Flying Service, Inc |
| Registration: | N4744Q |
| MSN: | 18802506T |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4128 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Enid, OK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that the airplane was on its first flight since completion of maintenance. The aerial application flight had flown less than a mile from its takeoff point, when the engine lost power and the pilot executed a forced landing to a flat soft wheat field. It was also reported to the FAA inspector, that the pilot did not jettison the hopper load, which is part of the emergency landing without engine power procedures for that airplane. The pilot stated that 'when I attempted to flare to land, I lacked enough airspeed to fully stop the descent.' The airplane was structurally damaged during the hard bounced landing. Post impact inspection of the power plant revealed that the fuel line was disconnected from the flow divider.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed during the forced landing and to jettison the aircraft's load for a forced landing. A factor was the engine's failure due to a disconnected fuel line which was the result of improper maintenance.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW96LA094
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Mar-2024 07:19 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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