- Date
- July 22, 1982, 20:30 local (Jul 23, 1982, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Texline, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N53309Cessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820722031819A
- Case key
- 72806
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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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The pilot started to takeoff with a 145 gal spray load. Reportedly, the main gear dug into the surface of a plowed field during the takeoff roll and collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53309
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801750T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Vanus Errol Byrd
- Registered owner
- Clover, Inc.
- Departed
- Texline, TX
- Destination
- Texline, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.