- Date
- August 14, 1985, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dyersburg, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8295GCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850814038949A
- Case key
- 6854
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Lift-off - prematureCause
Stall - uncontrolledCause
Airspeed - not obtainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - crop
Analysis
During the third takeoff the pilot failed to obtain and maintain flying speed and crashed in a field off the departure end of the ag strip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8295G
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801292T
- Airframe hours
- 2,469
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Scott Rainey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1985 · 300 hours before
- Airport
- Ag Strip, runway 27, 1,700 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 580 in this make and model · 850 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8295G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.