- Date
- November 24, 1986, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rock Springs, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4862QCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861124068569A
- Case key
- 17151
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
During the initial takeoff ground run in high wind conditions the acft drifted to the right, impacted a dirt bank, ground looped and nosed down. During the ground loop the left wing struck the ground, damaging the main spar.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4862Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802598T
- Airframe hours
- 1,911
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D23, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Harris Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 1986 · 159 hours before
- Airport
- runway 31, 5,000 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,143 total · 1,600 in this make and model · 2,975 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLS, 43 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.