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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 188A · Bayboro, NC · July 7, 1981

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
July 7, 1981
Place
Bayboro, NC · BAYBORO, NC
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N9916GCessna 188A
Status
Completed · report September 1, 1981
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19810707038729A
Case key
124995

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1636   81/7/7    BAYBORO,NC          CESSNA 188A         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1503
        TIME - 1000                    N9916G              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 610 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JONES SPRAYING
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BAYBORO,NC                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           COLLIDED WITH: CROP                                      TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
        WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          BROKEN                                                    1100
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          HAZE                                                     LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           82                                                      290
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           7                                                       VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -  940                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - BEANS                                     TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                 GLOVES - NOT USED
          GOGGLES - NOT USED                                       CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED                             CRASH BAR - INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT                  ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  5
        REMARKS- WATER ON RWY.R WING HIT CORN GROWING BESIDE RWY.

Aircraft

Registration
N9916G
Reported as
Cessna 188A
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Jones Spraying

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