- Date
- May 19, 1986, 07:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place
- Montevideo, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9496GCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860519018619A
- Case key
- 13324
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During takeoff roll from a roadway the wind shifted from a headwind to a tailwind. The pilot of this crop duster turned to avoid a stop sign on the roadway and allowed his landing gear to touch down on a crossing roadway. The aircraft then flipped over onto its back in the field beyond the crossing roadway because of rough terrain. The pilot stated that he kept the plane low during the takeoff to fly under wires running parallel to the crossing roadway. He needed to keep the plane low because he rotated later due to the tailwind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9496G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801501T
- Airframe hours
- 3,509
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D-23, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Bonanza Valley Aviation
- Registered owner
- Benson Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 16, 1986 · 48 hours before
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 329 total · 35 in this make and model · 263 as pilot in command · 81 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9496G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.