# NTSB ERA12CA116: Cessna 188, N5424E, Starkville, MS, October 8, 2011 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: October 8, 2011, 15:55 local (20:55 UTC) - Place: Starkville, MS - Coordinates: 33.426387, -88.841667 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4264&lon=-88.8417&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 27, 2012 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 82550 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12CA116 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/82550/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82550 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA116 ## Probable cause The pilot did not maintain directional control of the airplane during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 188, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2073002), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 188, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073002), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 188, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073002), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 188, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2073002), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the operator, the pilot performed a normal landing in the tailwheel-equipped airplane. During the rollout, the airplane began to veer to the left, and the pilot attempted unsuccessfully to arrest the turn by applying right rudder and right brake. The airplane continued off the left side of the runway and struck a ditch, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing. Postaccident examination of the wreckage did not reveal any preexisting mechanical anomalies with the airplane. ## Factual narrative According to the operator, the pilot performed a normal landing in the tail-wheel equipped airplane. During the subsequent rollout, the airplane began to veer to the left and the pilot attempted unsuccessfully to arrest the turn by applying right rudder and right brake. The airplane continued until it departed the runway and struck a ditch approximately 40 feet beyond the left side of the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing. Postaccident examination of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector did not reveal any preexisting mechanical anomalies with the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5424E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5424E-2023-02-04), registration cancelled 2023-02-04, S/N 651, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 188 - Registry model: [Cessna 188](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188) (registry code 2073002) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520-D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-d) (registry code 17236, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 651 - Airframe hours: 1056 - Engines: CONT MOTOR IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Flight test, Part 91 - Operator: Mississippi State University - Registered owner: Mississippi State University - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, March 10, 2011 - Departed: STF, Starkville, MS - Destination: STF, Starkville, MS - Airport: STF, Starkville Bryan Field, runway 18, 4,120 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 58; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review November 6, 2010; seat: single; flight hours: 4,788 total, 90 in this make and model, 4,432 as pilot in command, 81 in the last 90 days, 29 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 110° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 59 °F - Altimeter: 30.20 inHg - Observed at: STF ## 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 20111008028299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111008028299A), Oct 8, 2011: Cessna 188, Starkville, MS, Substantial damage. During landing the aircraft experienced an uncommanded turn/swerve to the left which the pilot could not arrest. The aircraft exited the left side of runway 18… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 30, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82550. 554 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 179 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40360397&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - STF Weather Observations (item 2, .PDF, 100 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40360398&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=STF%20Weather%20Observations-Master.PDF - FAA Inspector Statement (item 3, .PDF, 87 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40360409&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=FAA%20Inspector%20Statement-Master.PDF - Photo 1: View of Airplane Damage (Courtesy of FAA) (item 4, .PDF, 188 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40360786&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%3A%20View%20of%20Airplane%20Damage%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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