- Date
- May 19, 1992, 06:20 local (10:20 UTC)
- Place
- Imlay City, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9946GCessna 188A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920519015469A
- Case key
- 15230
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Probable cause
The pilot induced premature liftoff which resulted in inadequate airspeed and the resulting stall.
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 crop dusting airplane prematurely lifted off the unimproved field during takeoff at an inadequate airspeed. The airplane did not attain a sufficient airspeed and subsequent climb rate to fly out of ground effect. The airplane stalled during the attempt to climb out of ground effect and collided with the ground shortly thereafter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9946G
- Reported as
- Cessna 188A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18800746
- Airframe hours
- 2,570
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Hatfield Spraying Services
- Registered owner
- Bill Hatfield
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1992 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Imlay City, runway 36, 1,700 × 100 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,586 total · 465 in this make and model · 2,420 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FNT, 30 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 N9946G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.