- Date
- July 1, 1996, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pelham, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9088RCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960701015759A
- Case key
- 3737
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Probable cause
failure of the pilot to maintain directional control on the takeoff roll, which resulted in the airplane veering off the runway and colliding with a cotton picker (vehicle).
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 pilot stated that as he increased the throttle on the takeoff roll, the airplane veered off the runway to the left, and collided with a cotton picker (vehicle).
Factual narrative
On July 1, 1996, at about 1015 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 188, N9088R, registered to a private owner, operating as a 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight, experienced an on ground loss of directional control on the takeoff roll from a private airstrip. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The commercial pilot reported no injuries. The flight was originating from Snake Bite Airstrip at the time of the accident.
The pilot stated as he increased the throttle on the takeoff roll, the airplane veered off the runway to the left, and collided with a cotton picker.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9088R
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8802108-T
- Airframe hours
- 5,029
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Flynt'S Crop Dusting
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1995 · 202 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Snake Bite, runway 36, 2,500 × 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,276 total · 2,212 in this make and model · 3,101 as pilot in command · 78 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABY, 27 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.