- Date
- March 1, 1977
- Place
- El Campo, TX · EL CAMPO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9916GCessna A188A
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770301004419A
- Case key
- 157189
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0311 77/3/1 NR.EL CAMPO,TX CESSNA A188A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 2043 TIME - 1430 N9916G PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARDNER STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL CAMPO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 170 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1400 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - PASTURE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9916G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gardner Strip
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.