# NTSB CHI83LA316: Cessna 188-B, N21700, Springfield, MN, July 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 16, 1983, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place: Springfield, MN
- Coordinates: 44.230567, -94.970115 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2306&lon=-94.9701&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12265
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA316
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12265/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA316

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - wind information - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED INTO A CORNFIELD DURING A TAKEOFF TO SPRAY CROPS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ACFT. INVESTIGAITON SHOWED THAT THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF ON RWY 31 WITH A 5 KT TAILWIND. THE ACFTDID NOT BECOME AIRBORNE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N21700](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21700-2012-08-10), registration cancelled 2012-08-10, S/N 18800967T, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188-B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18800967
- Airframe hours: 3540
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Gary Mattson
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, November 2, 1982
- Departed: C42
- Airport: C42, Springfield, runway 31, 3,400 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 1,900 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 1,200 as pilot in command, 63 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19830716032869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830716032869A), Jul 16, 1983: Cessna 188B, Springfield, MN, Substantial damage. Tried to take off downwind with a full load. Did not become airborne. Ran off end of runway into a cornfield.

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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