# Accident 20050403005579A: Cessna A188B, Palouse, WA, April 3, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2005, 17:20 local time
- Place: Palouse, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: BD7G
- Location: 46.2553° N, 117.0586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2553&lon=-117.0586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4784Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4784Q-2013-08-15) (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: 1,600 total, 500 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05CA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050403005579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT ABOUT 5:20 P.M. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ DEPARTED A PRIVATELY OWNED CROP DUSTER AIRSTRIP NEAR PALOUSE WASHINGTON. THE AIRCRAFT WAS A CESSNA AG-TRUCK A-188 N4784Q. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND FAILED TO CLIMB. ABOUT 100 YARDS FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND. THE TAIL WHEEL IS THE ONLY PART OF THE AIRCRAFT TO TOUCH DOWN DURING THIS CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT FOR ANOTHER 300 TO 400 YARDS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT AGIN SETTLED TO THE GROUND. THE PILOT AGAIN FLEW THE AIRCRAFT ANOTHER 500 TO 600 YARDS WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND FOR THE FINAL TIME. DURING THE LAST PORTION OF THE FLIGHT THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO CLIMB A SMALL HILL. AFTER CROSSING THIS HILL HE LOWERED THE PITCH OF THE AIRCRAFT TO ACCELERATE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO THE NEXT HILL AND WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB AND HE IMPACTED THE GROUND DUE TO RAISING TERRAIN. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT HAD FLOWN THAT AIRCRAFT FOR 30 TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS FROM THAT AIRPORT ON THAT DATE.

## 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 SEA05CA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA069), Apr 4, 2005: Cessna A188B (N4784Q), Palouse, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance during the initial climb after takeoff. A tailwind, hilly terrain and inadequate airspeed were factors.

## Other reports on N4784Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19830201003249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830201003249A), Feb 1, 1983: Cessna A188B (N4784Q), Medford, OR, Destroyed. Aircraft hit tree during agricultural operation.

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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