Cessna A188B N6303G

Summary

On 26 May 1982 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N6303G, operated by Charles B. Jones, was involved in an accident near Mangham, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 May 1982 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Mangham, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

32.3003, -91.7796

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N6303G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Charles B. Jones

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mangham → Mangham

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW82DA196

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

WHILE TURNING TO BEGIN A SWATH RUN AT ABOUT 200 FT AGL, A PROPELLER BLADE FAILED AND SEPARATED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ENGINE BEGAN A SEVERE VIBRATION AND ALSO SEPARATED. OIL COVERED THE WINDSHIELD AND PREVENTED FORWARD VISIBILITY. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS TOO BUSY TRYING TO PUT OUT A FIRE TO DUMP HIS LOAD. DURING THE FORCED LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES, THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND. A METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE MCCAULEY MODEL P2A36098-8/S90AT-4 PROPELLER, PN 122A34098-4, REVEALED THAT IT FAILED FROM FATIGUE. THE PROPELLER HAD ABOUT 411 HRS TOTAL FLIGHT TIME SINCE NEW.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.