- Date
- October 9, 1981
- Place
- Kenton, TN · KENTON, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4853RCessna A188B
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811009066529A
- Case key
- 123707
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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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1877 81/10/9 KENTON,TN CESSNA A188B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 7057 TIME - 1130 N4853R PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YARBRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENTON,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT REMARKS- UN TO CLR 10 TO 15FT BRUSH AT END OF STRIP W HVY LOAD OF WHEAT SEED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4853R
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Yarbro
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.