Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
N/A Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Arlington, Texas 76119
Friday, June 27, 2014 16:45 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On June 27, 2014, about 1700, central daylight time, a Cessna A188 airplane, N8157V, made a forced landing to a road after a loss of engine oil pressure near Arlington, Texas. The airline transport pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane was registered to and operated by a private individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a banner tow flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight and no flight plan was filed. The local flight originated from the Dallas Executive Airport (KRBD), Dallas, Texas about 1600.
According to the pilot, he was maneuvering the airplane with the banner attached when he noticed a loss of oil pressure. He notified air traffic control of the emergency and that he could not reach an airport. The engine experienced a total loss of power and the pilot made an emergency landing to a grass area near a highway interchange. During the landing roll, the airplane continued onto the highway interchange and struck a vehicle. After the airplane came to rest, another vehicle struck the airplane from the rear. The airplane's empennage was twisted to the right but remained attached to the rear fuselage.
A postaccident examination of the engine revealed insignificant impact exterior damage, although the engine mounts had excessive wear, and several cracks had been stop drilled in the muffler. The oil dip stick was removed and no oil was observed. The propeller was rotated by hand; the crankshaft was stiff and made a grinding sound as it rotated inside the crankcase. The oil filter adapter was loose from its fitting and had "CESSNA" branded on the side of the unit. The threads on the adapter were worn and damaged. The lock nut on the adapter was not properly torqued. Oil residue was observed on the engine near the adapter and on the underside of the airframe. The oil filter was removed and cut open. The filter element contained metallic debris throughout the entire filter.
On July 31, 1996, the Federal Aviation Administration issued Airworthiness Directive (AD) 96-12-22: CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY: Amendment 39-9665, for Cessna Models 100, 200, 300, and 400 Series airplanes (all serial numbers), certificated in any category, that are equipped with at least one Teledyne Continental Motors engine. The AD required, in part, inspecting the oil filter and adapter assembly for oil leakage and proper installation of the adapter retaining nut and replacing any oil filter adapter assembly with security problems "to prevent loss of engine oil caused by loose or separated oil filter adapters, which could result in engine stoppage while in flight and loss of control of the airplane."
According to the airplane's maintenance logbooks, the oil and oil filter had been changed five times since October 6, 2013. The most recent oil and oil filter change was completed on June 23, 2014. There are no records that show AD 96-12-22 was completed. The maintenance personnel stated that the AD did not apply to the oil filter adapter because it was replaced by a different type of filter adapter from Continental Motors. According to the manufacturer, there are no Continental Motors oil filter adapters.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 6/27/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1645 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | Arlington |
| Event State | TEXAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 76119 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 6 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 324010N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0971416W |
| Event Location Airport | N/A |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1653 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 93 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KGKY |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 630 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 7 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 4300 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Few |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 32 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 21 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 150 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 16 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 24 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.8 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KGKY 272153Z 15016G24KT 10SM FEW043 32/21 A2 |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 33472 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 9 2014 7:03PM |
| User who most recently changed record | linj-i |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N8157V |
| NTSB Number | CEN14LA331 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | A188 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 188-0407 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3300 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 1 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 5 2014 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 9136 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Patrick D Champagne |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | SAN ANGELO |
| Aircraft Owner State | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 769048101 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Patrick D Champagne |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | SAN ANGELO |
| Operator State | TX |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 769048101 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Banner Tow |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | RBD |
| Departure City | DALLAS |
| Departure State | TX |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1520 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | RBD |
| Destination City | DALLAS |
| Destination State | TX |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 9 2014 7:03PM |
| User who most recently changed record | linj-i |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |