- Date
- July 23, 1991, 06:45 local (10:45 UTC)
- Place
- Munger, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4962QCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910723029629A
- Case key
- 14832
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Probable cause
A premature liftoff by the pilot. A factor contributing to this accident was the soft runway surface and a stall/mush.
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 aerial application flight had departed from a reported soft surfaced sod runway. According to the pilot the airplane settled into mature corn shortly after the 'normal takeoff.' An eyewitness confirmed the pilot's statement and added that the airplane did not appear as though it was going to takeoff. An on-scene investigation revealed that the runway surface was soft and that no pre-crash airframe or powerplant malfunctions could be identified.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4962Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802696T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ronald J. Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 26, 1991 · 97 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Private, runway 9, 2,000 × 60 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
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 8,588 total · 1,500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °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 N4962Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.