Accident Cessna A188B N731UF,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 361277
 
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Date:Sunday 19 September 1993
Time:15:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C188 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna A188B
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N731UF
MSN: 18803160T
Year of manufacture:1978
Engine model:LYCOMING IO-540-K
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Manila, AR -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
THE AIRPLANE DID NOT ACCELERATE, DUE TO A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. AFTER THE PILOT DUMPED THE LOAD, THE AIRPLANE LIFTED OFF AT ABOUT 100 FEET BEFORE THE END OF THE RUNWAY BUT STILL DID NOT ACCELERATE AND SETTLED INTO THE COTTON FIELD ABOUT 300 FEET BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE SPRAY BOOM CAUGHT THE COTTON AND THE AIRPLANE WAS PULLED TO THE LEFT AND IT IMPACTED THE GROUND. EXAMINATION OF THE DOUBLE WALL AIR INDUCTION HOSE REVEALED THAT THE INSIDE WALL OF THE HOSE HAD SEPARATED AND BLOCKED THE AIR INTAKE.

Probable Cause: PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO THE COLLAPSE OF AN AIR INDUCTION HOSE.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: FTW93LA260
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB FTW93LA260

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