- Date
- September 9, 1991, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Belgrade, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4788QCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910909038859A
- Case key
- 14807
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to take adequate remedial action. A related factor is the premature liftoff.
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 pilot attempted to takeoff with a load of rye seed for aerial application. He stated 'plane lifted off runway, but I was unable to maintain lift. Landed in corn field about 100 yds. From end of runway.' Investigation revealed no evidence of pre-impact mechanical difficulty with the aircraft. The pilot stated there may have been downdrafts in the area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4788Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188025301
- Engine
- Teledyne Cont IO-520-D-23, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- William Mckeeman, doing business as Mckeeman Aerial Company
- Registered owner
- William Mckeeman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Airport
- NONE · Unk, runway 36, 2,600 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 1,475 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- GRI, 35 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.
Other investigations on N4788Q · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.