# NTSB ATL88DKG16: Cessna 188, N42404, Hazel Green, AL, August 13, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 13, 1988, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Hazel Green, AL
- Coordinates: 34.920986, -86.560554 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9210&lon=-86.5606&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 16, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7546
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88DKG16
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7546/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88DKG16

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - temperature extremes (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - load jettison - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD HE HAD FLOWN OFF THE STRIP ALL DAY & THE TEMP HAD RISEN TO 101 DEG. AS HE WAS ON HIS LAST TAKEOFF, HE REALIZED THE CHEMICAL LOAD WAS TOO GREAT FOR THE CONDITIONS. HE SAID HE DUMPED PART OF THE LOAD, BUT THE ACFT SETTLED BACK TO THE GROUND. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WENT THRU TWO ELECTRIC FENCES & WAS DAMAGED. DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 4000 FT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N42404 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18803700T
- Airframe hours: 1448
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-T 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Buster Thornton, doing business as Thornton Aerial Application
- Registered owner: Buster L Thornton
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, May 19, 1988, 20 hours before
- Airport: Jones Field, runway 11, 2,200 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 4,000 total, 3,200 in this make and model, 3,750 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 93 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ANB

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.