- Date
- March 24, 1983, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N731PPCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830324009829A
- Case key
- 6036
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported that during takeoff, he had reached an alt of aprx 100 ft AGL, had reduced power & was retracting the flaps from the takeoff setting when he felt the acft 'give.' He reextended the flaps, applied full throttle & dumped his load, but the acft continued to lose alt & airspeed until it hit the top of a tree & crashed. An exam revealed that the top member of the right wing tubular rear spar was broken at the cluster joint where the spar attaches to the fuselage stub wing. The fracture surfaces were severely rusted. The fracture occurred where the wing had been welded. Reportedly, the right wing tip had been damaged aprx 3 yrs previously & was subsequently repaired.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731PP
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802050T
- Airframe hours
- 2,094
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Kimmel Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 5, 1982
- Departed
- M44 · Houston, MS
- Airport
- M44 · Houston Municipal, runway 3, 3,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 9,211 total · 7,500 in this make and model · 104 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWO, 68 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.