- Date
- July 18, 1991, 20:30 local (Jul 19, 1991, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bathgate, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2056JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910718028779A
- Case key
- 14874
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Probable cause
A loss of control inflight which resulted in a collision with the crop.
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 was taking off with full chemical and fuel load to initiate an agricultural application. The outside air temperature was 80 degrees f. the aircraft became airborne at the end of the airstrip, settled and dragged a wing in a wheat field. The aircraft impacted in the wheat field 600 feet from the departure end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2056J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 03346T
- Airframe hours
- 2,170
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T1, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Craig Air Spray, Inc.
- Registered owner
- William Craig
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1990 · 45 hours before
- Airport
- 5ND3 · Craig (Private), runway 18, 1,600 × 60 ft, dirt
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 145 in this make and model · 1,450 as pilot in command · 127 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 28.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.