# Accident 20040325003799A: Cessna A188B, Palouse, WA, March 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2004
- Place: Palouse, WA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: WXPG
- Location: 46.8861° N, 117.0939° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8861&lon=-117.0939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731YZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731YZ-2014-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 400 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040325003799A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON MARCH 25, 2004 N731YZ, A CESSNA 188 "AG TRUCK" PILOTED BY MR. DAVID R. BOWEN OF REDWOOD VALLEY, CALIFORNIA CRASHED ON TAKE-OFF FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP LOCATED SOUTH OF PALOUSE, WASHINGTON. THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A 137 COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT APPLICATOR. N731YZ RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE HARD ON TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 22. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FAA, THE PILOT STATED THERE WERE GUSTING WINDS WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF, AND HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. IN ADDITION HE STATED THERE WAS "NOTHING WRONG WITH THE AIRCRAFT" PRIOR TO TAKEOFF AND HE HAD NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CARRYING DRY FERTILIZER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA04LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA057), Mar 25, 2004: Cessna A188B (N731YZ), Palouse, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to takeoff downwind resulting in his inability to achieve a positive climb rate and an in-flight collision with terrain. Factors contributing to the accident included the rising…

## Other reports on N731YZ (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19910718027939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910718027939A), Jul 18, 1991: Cessna A188B (N731YZ), Palouse, WA, Substantial damage. Hooked spray boom on tall wheat edge of runway on takeoff. Aircraft veered into wheat and made rapid stop.
- [Accident 19840731036679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840731036679A), Jul 31, 1984: Cessna A188B (N731YZ), Palouse, WA, Substantial damage. Landed short of Private ag strip in soft plowed ground. Aircraft nosed over.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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