Cessna A188B N731CT

Summary

On 21 August 1988 at about 11:35 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N731CT was involved in an accident near Holdenville, Oklahoma, 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

21 August 1988 at 11:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Holdenville, Oklahoma, United States

Coordinates

35.0801, -96.3903

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N731CT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW88DPJ10

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 AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 500 FT AGL WHEN A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED. THE PILOT JETTISONED THE LOAD AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TO LAND AT THE NEAREST AVAILABLE CLEARING. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN WITH HIGH RATE OF DESCENT AND LOW FORWARD AIRSPEED. AN ENGINE FIRE ERUPTED WHICH WAS CONTAINED WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. POST ACC INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE LEFT FUEL TANK ALMOST EMPTY BUT THE RT TANK WAS FULL. THE LANDING AREA AVAILABLE WAS SHORT AND SURROUNDED BY 60 FT TREES. THE ACFT WAS STALLED INTENTIONALLY TO AVOID THE TREES. THE LANDING GEAR FAILED ON IMPACT AND THE ACFT STOPPED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.