# NTSB CHI02CA192: Cessna 188B, N4866Q, Tolley, ND, July 16, 2002

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 16, 2002, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Tolley, ND
- Coordinates: 48.280277, -101.280281
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2803&lon=-101.2803&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 13, 2003
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 55237
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI02CA192
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/55237/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=55237
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02CA192

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to attain lift-off speed and his failure to abort the takeoff.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff
  - lift-off - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - abort - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

The airplane sustained substantial damage when it impacted terrain after it went off the end of the runway during takeoff.  The pilot reported the airplane was unable to get airborne.  He reported the airplane did not have a mechanical malfunction, and that the accident could have been prevented if he had aborted the takeoff earlier during the takeoff roll.

## Factual narrative

On July 16, 2002, at 0930 central daylight time, a Cessna 188B, N4866Q, sustained substantial damage when it impacted terrain after it went off the end of the runway during takeoff.  The commercial pilot was not injured. The 14 CFR Part 137 flight was departing a private grass airstrip near Tolley, North Dakota, on a local aerial application flight.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.

The pilot reported the airplane was unable to get airborne.  He reported the airplane did not have a mechanical malfunction, and that the accident could have been prevented if he had aborted the takeoff earlier during the takeoff roll.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4866Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4866Q-2018-01-24), registration cancelled 2018-01-24, S/N 18802602T (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18802602T
- Engines: Lycoming IO-720 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Name, doing business as Agricultural Aerial Application
- Registered owner: Tim Mau
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed: Tolley, ND
- Airport: runway 360

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2; flight hours: 1,850 total, 60 in this make and model, 70 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20020716016129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020716016129A), Jul 16, 2002: Cessna A188B, Tolley, ND, No damage. (-23) On July 16, 2002 at 0930 CDT, a CE-188, N4866Q operated by great plains aero, inc. and flown by tim w. mau, was substantially damaged during takeoff for…

## Other investigations on N4866Q (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA78DKQ24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DKQ24), Jul 21, 1978: Cessna A188B (N4866Q), Choctaw, MS, substantial damage

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 3, 2003, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=55237. 294 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 294 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40463113&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF

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.

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