- Date
- June 4, 1996, 08:10 local (13:10 UTC)
- Place
- Oskaloosa, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9408RCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960604012969A
- Case key
- 10269
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Probable cause
failure of the pilot to maintain proper alignment with the roadway during the takeoff roll. A factor relating to the accident was: the selection of an unsuitable area for takeoff.
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
During the takeoff roll on a gravel country road, the airplane drifted left and struck a ditch. The airplane then cartwheeled and flipped over in a field.
Factual narrative
On June 4, 1996, at 0810 central daylight time (cdt), a Cessna A188B, N9408R, piloted by a commercially certificated pilot, was destroyed during a collision with the terrain on takeoff roll. The airplane was departing from a county road five miles north and one mile west of Oskaloosa, Kansas. The pilot reported he received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 137 flight was not operating on a flight plan.
According to the pilot's written statement, during the takeoff roll from a gravel road, the airplane began to drift left and the left wing struck a ditch. The airplane cartwheeled and flipped over in a farm field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9408R
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802276T
- Airframe hours
- 8,550
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Harmon, Joseph C. Jr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 1, 1996 · 24 hours before
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,257 total · 1,191 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOP, 19 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.