What happened
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(-23) Pilot richard reade departed mid contient airport (M28) at approximately 1440 (cmt) in aircraft registration number, N4859Q, Cessna 188B on a maintenace test flight headed north. Cruising at an altitude of approximately 600 ft. (AGL) pilot reade stated that he executed a 30 (degree)right bank when he lost full control of the aircraft. Pilot reade stated that the iarcraft's right aileron was fluttering. Pilot reade cirecled a farmers filed approximately 1/4 mile north of mid continent airport (M28) near highway 84. With each circling pass the aircraft descended in altitude as pilot reade attempted an emergency landing in a farmers muddy field. The right wing-tip contacted the ground first, and the aircraft cart-wheeled coming to rest staning vertically nose down, approximately 65 yards from initial ground contact. The aircraaft was destroyed. Pilot reade evacuated the aircraft with injuries. The injuries included cuts to his forehead, tow broken ribs and a cracked collar bone. The investigation revealed that the rod end connecting the right aileron puch-pull tube to the aileron bell crank inside the wing was not connected. privacy data omitted privacy data omitted accident investigation is closed with this report.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT RICHARD READE DEPARTED MID CONTIENT AIRPORT (M28) AT APPROXIMATELY 1440 (CMT) IN AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER, N4859Q, CESSNA 188B ON A MAINTENACE TEST FLIGHT HEADED NORTH. CRUISING AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 600 FT. (AGL) PILOT READE STATED THAT HE EXECUTED A 30 (DEGREE)RIGHT BANK WHEN HE LOST FULL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT READE STATED THAT THE IARCRAFT'S RIGHT AILERON WAS FLUTTERING. PILOT READE CIRECLED A FARMERS FILED APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE NORTH OF MID CONTINENT AIRPORT (M28) NEAR HIGHWAY 84. WITH EACH CIRCLING PASS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED IN ALTITUDE AS PILOT READE ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FARMERS MUDDY FIELD. THE RIGHT WING-TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND FIRST, AND THE AIRCRAFT CART-WHEELED COMING TO REST STANING VERTICALLY NOSE DOWN, APPROXIMATELY 65 YARDS FROM INITIAL GROUND CONTACT. THE AIRCRAAFT WAS DESTROYED. PILOT READE EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITH INJURIES. THE INJURIES INCLUDED CUTS TO HIS FOREHEAD, TOW BROKEN RIBS AND A CRACKED COLLAR BONE. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ROD END CONNECTING THE RIGHT AILERON PUCH-PULL TUBE TO THE AILERON BELL CRANK INSIDE THE WING WAS NOT CONNECTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DAT^ ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.
NTSB investigation
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