- Date
- June 16, 1992, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Risco, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N731GXCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 15201
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Probable cause
The pilot in commands failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the aborted takeoff. The pilot's inadequate evaluation of the wind was a factor.
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 reported he was attempting to takeoff from a 2,500 foot long sod landing strip when he elected to abort the takeoff because of a change in wind direction. According to the pilot the wind changed from a direct crosswind to a quartering tailwind during the takeoff ground run. During the abort the airplane ground looped to the left. The right wing collided with terrain during the ground loop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731GX
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802895T
- Airframe hours
- 2,962
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Risco Ag Service Inc
- Registered owner
- Risco Ag Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 27, 1992 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Carlisle Farm, runway 27, 2,500 × 175 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,565 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F