- Date
- July 9, 1993, 20:20 local (Jul 10, 1993, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Wheaton, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3591JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930709023249A
- Case key
- 15758
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain alignment during takeoff roll.
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 began takeoff on a two-lane blacktop road. The pilot stated the long cowl of the tailwheel airplane limits forward visibility during ground run until the tail comes off the ground. Before the tail came up, the airplane angled left, rolled a wheel off the shoulder and dragged the left wingtip. The airplane yawed into a roadside ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3591J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803652T
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Arnold J. Boehmlehner
- Registered owner
- Arnold J. Boehmlehner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 9, 1993
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 8,200 total · 1,110 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ETH, 5 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.