- Date
- May 22, 1990, 06:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place
- Williamsburg, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9441JCessna T188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900522017199A
- Case key
- 14467
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. The lack of suitable terrain for landing was a factor related to the accident.
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
Shortly after takeoff at an altitude of 200 ft AGL, a loss of engine power occurred. The pilot jettisoned the chemical load and attempted to land in an orchard, then maneuvered the airplane to avoid a residential area. However, while being maneuvered, the airplane contacted power lines and trees. Subsequently, it was destroyed by post-impact fire. A teardown of the engine failed to reveal the cause of the power loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9441J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803806T
- Airframe hours
- 1,375
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Morrison Orchards
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1990 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- MI03 · Elk Rapids, MI
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,250 total · 635 in this make and model · 3,050 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVC, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.