- Date
- July 22, 1984, 14:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Stratford, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9108RCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840722034089A
- Case key
- 16440
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated that he was taking off on this flight with 120 gallons of chemical and full fuel tanks. He continued to state that the acft did not accelerate as it had earlier that day. The acft rolled aprx 3 quarters of the 1/2 mile long rwy before it became airborne. The acft settled back to the ground in front of a fence at the end of the rwy. Post accident exam of the acft eng revealed no evidence of a mechanical malfunction or failure that would have affected the performance of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9108R
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802121T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Husky Spray Service
- Registered owner
- Aerial Crop Cop, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Airport
- Husky Spray Strip, runway 18, 2,600 × ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,700 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 47,001 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.