- Date
- July 27, 1992, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Richmond, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N731MRCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920727027669A
- Case key
- 11830
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance during takeoff.
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
During takeoff on an aerial application flight, the airplane collided with corn stalks on the initial ground run causing the airplane to veer to the right and ground looped. The pilot stated that there was no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731MR
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18803005T
- Airframe hours
- 2,583
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Grant, Paul
- Registered owner
- Airspray Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1992 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- W75 · Topping, VA
- Destination
- Varina, VA
- Airport
- Curles Neck Farm
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
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,929 total · 1,250 in this make and model · 1,859 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIC, 1 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.