# NTSB FTW83LA301: Cessna T188C, N9950J, Waxahachie, TX, June 24, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 24, 1983, 12:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place: Waxahachie, TX
- Coordinates: 32.400543, -96.850761 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4005&lon=-96.8508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20951
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA301
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20951/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA301

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - downdraft (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AND CARTWHEELED TO A STOP DURING LANDING. THE PLT STATED THAT A DOWNDRAFT WAS ENCOUNTEREDOVER THE THRESHOLD AND THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE. THE WING AND SPRAY ROOM CAUGHT IN TALL GRASS AND THE ACFT VEERED INTO A DITCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9950J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9950J-1996-06-18), registration cancelled 1996-06-18, S/N T18803879T (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T188C
- Registry model: [Cessna T188C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (registry code 2073012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T18803879J
- Airframe hours: 200
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-T 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Lawrence R. Daniel
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Unknown, September 10, 1982
- Airport: runway 10, 2,500 ×  ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 9,500 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 9,500 as pilot in command, 75 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19830624073899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830624073899A), Jun 24, 1983: Cessna T188C, Waxahachie, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft touched down short of runway due to turbulence and wing caught in high vegetation causing cartwheel crash.

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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