# NTSB DEN87DTI01: Cessna A188B, N72414, Basin, WY, August 22, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 21, 1987, 19:00 local (Aug 22, 1987, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Basin, WY
- Coordinates: 44.369121, -108.039878 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3691&lon=-108.0399&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17070
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87DTI01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17070/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87DTI01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with weather, takeoff - roll/run
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - airspeed - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS TAKING OFF ON A PRIVATE, 2300 FT, DIRT, AG STRIP WITH A LOAD OF CHEMICALS. THE ARPT ELEV WAS 4185 FT & THE RPRTD TEMP WAS 74 DEG. THE PLT SAID THE WIND WAS CALM WHEN HE BEGAN HIS TAKEOFF ROLL, BUT ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RWY, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND. ALSO, HE SAID THERE WERE CUMULUS CLOUDS IN THE VCNTY & THE GUST WAS FROM THE TAIL OF THE ACFT. AT THAT POINT, HE WAS COMMITTED EITHER TO CONT THE TAKEOFF OR TO HIT A DITCH AT THE END OF THE RWY. HE ELECTED TO CONT THE TAKEOFF. THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE, BUT IT STALLED & CRASHED ABOUT 1/2 MI FROM THE STRIP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N72414](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72414-2015-05-11), registration cancelled 2015-05-11, S/N 18801947T, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 188019471
- Airframe hours: 2300
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Peter C. Reinschmidt
- Registered owner: Peter C Reinschmidt
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, April 29, 1987, 140 hours before
- Airport: Private

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 7,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 7,000 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days, 70 in the last 30 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: WRL, 60 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870821049949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870821049949A), Aug 21, 1987: Cessna A188B, Basin, WY, Substantial damage. The aircraft failed to climb after takeoff. The pilot reported thunderstorms caused a tailwind shift.

## Other investigations on N72414 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA77DYP35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77DYP35), Aug 3, 1977: Cessna 188 (N72414), Connell, WA, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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