# Accident 20250626008939A: Cessna T188C, Mount Gilead, OH, June 26, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2025, 09:15 local time
- Place: Mount Gilead, OH
- Airport: Morrow County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FASG
- Location: 40.5226° N, 82.8409° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5226&lon=-82.8409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3619J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3619J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T188C (registry code 2073012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T188C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-720-A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 25 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250626008939A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID HE WAS DEPARTING RWY 10 AT 0915 ON JUNE 26,2025 AT MORROW COUNTY AIRPORT WITH 235 GALLONS OF WATER AND 50 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF HE FELT THE WIND CHANGE AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED ON HIS DEPARTURE TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET. HE THEN IMPACTED MULTIPLE TREES BEFORE HITTING THE GROUND. AFTER REVIEWING AIRCRAFT WEIGHT AND BALANCE DOCUMENTATION AND CALCULATING WEIGHT OF FUEL AND LOAD, THE AIRCRAFT WAS OVER IT'S MAX WEIGHT BY ROUGHLY 480 LBS.

## 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 ERA25LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA243), Jun 26, 2025: Cessna T188C (N3619J), Mount Gilead, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed while in a turn during initial climb and the exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at a low…

## Other reports on N3619J (1)

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

- [Accident 19960925029989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960925029989A), Sep 25, 1996: Cessna T188C (N3619J), Pataskala, OH, Substantial damage. Lost fuel pressure en route spray area. Engine quit. Dumped load. Fire in engine. Fuel hose throttle to valve failed (-23) it was reported by the pilot that…

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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