- Date
- June 19, 2005, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Washburn, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N774TCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 61821
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Probable cause
The separation of the tailwheel assembly, the pilot's directional control of the airplane not possible during the takeoff, and the unsuitable terrain the pilot encountered.
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 tailwheel aerial application airplane sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain and crops during takeoff. The pilot reported the tailwheel separated from the airplane during the takeoff. The pilot stated, " [Took] off with cross wind 10-15 [knots]. Locking tail wheel broke. Aircraft turned into wind. Ended up in wheat field next to runway."
Factual narrative
On June 19, 2005, about 1730 central daylight time, a Cessna A188B, N774T, piloted by a commercial pilot, sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain and crops during takeoff from runway 26 at the Washburn Municipal Airport (5C8), near Washburn, North Dakota. The pilot reported the tailwheel separated from the airplane during the takeoff. The flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 137. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was on file. The pilot reported no injuries. The local aerial application flight was originating from 5C8 at the time of the accident.
The pilot's accident report stated:
[Took] off with cross wind 10-15 [knots]. Locking tail
wheel broke. Aircraft turned into wind. Ended up in
wheat field next to runway.
At 1652, the recorded weather at the Bismarck Municipal Airport, near Bismarck, North Dakota, was: Wind 010 degrees at 13 knots; visibility 10 statute miles; sky condition scattered 4,900 feet; temperature 31 degrees C; dew point 18 degrees C; altimeter 29.91 inches of mercury.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N774T
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-01756T
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Teledyne Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Jamestown Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- Jamestown Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2005 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- Washburn, ND
- Airport
- 5C8 · Washburn Muni, runway 26, 3,700 × 60 ft, concrete
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
- 72
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 18,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.90 inHg
- Observed at
- BIS, 37 nm away