Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary FTW85LA124

DE QUINCY, LA, USA

Aircraft #1

N2633J

CESSNA T-188C

Analysis

THE ACFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN TREES FOLLOWING AN ENG FAILURE AT 200 FT AGL. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM AN AG STRIP, THE ENG OIL TEMP STARTED RISING. THE PLT STARTED A TURN TO RETURN TO THE STRIP. DURING THE TURN THE ENG SEIZED AND THE PLT LANDED IN THE TREES AS THERE WAS NO OTHER SUITABLE TERRAIN. THE ENG HAD A HISTROY OF HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION THAT WAS NOT REMEDIED. INSP OF THE ENG REVEALED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL PRESENT. SUSPECT OIL STARVATION WITH A SUBSEQUENT INTERNAL FAILURE. THE ENGINE WAS NOT MADE AVAILABLE FOR TEARDOWN.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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