- Date
- July 13, 1991, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hecla, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9399GCessna 188/B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910713027439A
- Case key
- 14879
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control as he attempted to jettison a load of agricultural chemical after the airplane failed to climb after takeoff. Factors associated with the accident are an attempted downwind takeoff by the pilot.
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 of the accident airplane attempted a downwind takeoff. The airplane failed to climb after it crossed the end of the runway. The airplane dragged a wing as the pilot was attempting to jettison a load of agricultural chemicals.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9399G
- Reported as
- Cessna 188/B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801474T
- Engine
- Continental 10-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Country Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,594 total · 587 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABR, 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 N9399G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.