- Date
- July 17, 1991, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Walhalla, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2093JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910717027689A
- Case key
- 14873
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions, and failure to maintain directional control. Factors related to the accident are gusty crosswind conditions.
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 agricultural spraying operation was being conducted off of a hard surfaced county road. It began to rain, so pilot landed on road to wait for rain to stop. A thunderstorm was approaching from the west and the wind began to increase and get gusty. The pilot decided to try to takeoff to the west and return to airport. The crosswind was from the southwest. On takeoff pilot could not maintain directional control. The aircraft became airborne, drifted to the right, settled into ditch, and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2093J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 03383T
- Airframe hours
- 2,779
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-520-RCT, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Hardy Avaition, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hardy Avaition, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 4, 1991 · 132 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
- 52
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 10,520 total · 6,500 in this make and model · 10,400 as pilot in command · 235 in the last 90 days · 110 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 63 °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.
Other investigations on N2093J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.