# Accident 20141023019659A: Cessna A188B, Louisburg, NC, October 23, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2014, 11:00 local time
- Place: Louisburg, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RQSG
- Location: 36.0247° N, 78.3292° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0247&lon=-78.3292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N731PM) (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 MOTOR IO 550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141023019659A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED, "I WAS TAKING OFF FROM KLHZ ON RUNWAY 5 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 EDST TO APPLY ANT BAIT TO A LOCAL NURSERY.  I HAD RECEIVED FUEL SERVICE FROM THE LOCAL FBO.  AS I ACCELERATED TO DEPART THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY A STRONG GUST THAT RESULTED IN A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  THE RESULT WAS A GROUND LOOP WITH SOME DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT."

PILOT STATED THE TIME ZONE AS "EDST"; THE LOCAL TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 1100 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME.

THE PILOT GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE GEAR AND EMPENNAGE.  TAKEOFF WAS FROM RUNWAY 5; AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT BECAUSE OF GROUND LOOP, SETTLING IN THE GRASS.  NO RUNWAY OR TAXIWAY LIGHTS WERE STRUCK.  WIND REPORTS FROM THE TIME AND LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT SHOW WIND DIRECTION OUT OF THE NORTHWEST (APPROXIMATELY 300 DEGREE DIRECTION) AT UP TO 8 MPH STEADY WITH GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH (TOTAL SPEED) REPORTED.

## 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 ERA15CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA027), Oct 23, 2014: Cessna A188B (N731PM), Louisburg, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.

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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