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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 188CESSNA · Walters, OK · March 25, 2003

Date: March 25, 2003 · 06:30 local
Place: Walters, OK
Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N42609
Reported as: Cessna 188CESSNA
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total1,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N42609Registered now · Cessna A188BS/N 18803666 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna A188B Engine modelContinental IO-520-DReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot stated at time of rotation to the south, a north wind gust caused the aircraft to settle back down to the ground. At this point the wheels were in the wheat off the end of his private strip. The aircraft was approaching a highway, and power line, so he made a decision to land straight ahead. The aircraft rolled to a stop with the right wing striking a fence post and damaging the leading edge outboard of the wing strut. The right spray boom bent back and damaged the right horizontal stab leading edge. Also the left landing gear strut was sprung, and minor damage to the prop tips.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED AT TIME OF ROTATION TO THE SOUTH, A NORTH WIND GUST CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND. AT THIS POINT THE WHEELS WERE IN THE WHEAT OFF THE END OF HIS PRIVATE STRIP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROACHING A HIGHWAY, AND POWER LINE, SO HE MADE A DECISION TO LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO A STOP WITH THE RIGHT WING STRIKING A FENCE POST AND DAMAGING THE LEADING EDGE OUTBOARD OF THE WING STRUT. THE RIGHT SPRAY BOOM BENT BACK AND DAMAGED THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STAB LEADING EDGE. ALSO THE LEFT LANDING GEAR STRUT WAS SPRUNG, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROP TIPS.