# Accident 20200731011859A: Cessna A188B, Memphis, MO, July 31, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2020, 08:50 local time
- Place: Memphis, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 8WFG
- Location: 40.3969° N, 92.1817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3969&lon=-92.1817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90834, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90834-2022-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-D (registry code 17236, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,153 total, 153 in this make and model, 211 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA320) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200731011859A

## Narrative

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

RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVOLVING A CESSNA A188B WITH A REGISTRATION OF N90834.  DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL, PILOT DETECTED A LEFT DRIFT AND ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH FULL RUDDER AND RIGHT BRAKE.  AT THE POINT HE DECIDED TO ABORT, THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY AND BEGAN TO CLIMB.  PILOT REALIZED HE WOULD NOT CLEAR CORN AT END OF RUNWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO FLY AROUND IT BUT CAUGHT THE CORN IN THE SPRAY BOOMS OF THE AIRCRAFT.  AS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A SLIGHT PITCH UP, THE AIRCRAFT LOST LIFT AND SETTLED INTO THE RISING TERRAIN.  UPON IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFT SLID UP A HILL ON THE NOSE UNTIL STOPPING AND THE AIRCRAFT THEN SETTLED BACK ONTO GROUND SPREADING THE LANDING GEAR.  PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR EXAMINATION.  PROPELLER SPINNER CONE AND LOWER ENGINE COWLING SHOWS INDICATIONS OF A NOSE IMPACT.  RIGHT WING HAS INDICATIONS OF DAMAGE ON THE LEADING EDGE NEAR THE WING ROOT.  THE RIGHT ELEVATOR AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WAS A FIBERGLASS RUDDER LOCK INSTALLED ON AIRCRAFT THAT HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED PRIOR TO FLIGHT.

## 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 CEN20CA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA320), Jul 31, 2020: Cessna A188 (N90834), Memphis, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not remove the rudder gust lock during the preflight inspection, which resulted in a forced landing and collision with a tree.

## Other reports on N90834 (1)

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

- [Incident 20080604838519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080604838519I), Jun 4, 2008: Cessna A188B (N90834), Mexico, MO, Minor damage. (-23) On June 4, 2008, [privacy data omitted] struck a powerline while conducting crop-dusting near Mexico, MO. The powerline broke and fell to the ground. No…

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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