- Date
- April 17, 1978
- Place
- Butler, IN · BUTLER, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4955QCessna A188B
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780417013109A
- Case key
- 142121
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1838 78/4/17 NR.BUTLER,IN CESSNA A188B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0600 N4955Q PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 30, 4276 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 290 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUTLER,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 290 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- FROST ON WINGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4955Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Airstrip
N4955QRegistration cancelled Jul 20, 2017 · Cessna A188BAirframe modelCessna A188BEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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