# NTSB ATL83FKG13: Cessna 188B, N73113, Luddwici, GA, September 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 8, 1983, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Luddwici, GA
- Coordinates: 31.710351, -81.739555 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7104&lon=-81.7396&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5969
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83FKG13
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5969/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FKG13

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - object - tree(s)
  - performance data - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - load jettison - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED INTO TREES AND BURNED DURING A TAKEOFF ATTEMPT ON A COUNTRY ROAD WITH 120 GALLONS OF AERIAL SPRAY ON BOARD. THIS WAS THE 1ST TAKEOFF AFTER LUNCH AND THE PLT SAID THE ACFT SEEMED'GLUED TO THE ROAD'. SEEING THAT HE WAS GOING TO IMPACT WIRES HE DUMPED MOST OF HIS LOAD. THE ACFT MADE IT OVER THE OBSTACLES BUT STARTED TO SETTLE SO THE PLT DUMPED THE REMAINDER OF THE LOAD. THE ACFT STRUCK THE TOPS OF SOME TREES AND CRASHED IN A SWAMP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N73113 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18802759T
- Airframe hours: 2334
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Richard L. Hilde
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, July 8, 1983
- Departed: LUDOWICI, GA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,820 total, 1,953 in this make and model, 2,738 as pilot in command, 161 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: AMC, 35 nm away

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.

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