# NTSB FTW84LA289: Cessna A188B, N731TL, Speaks, TX, June 25, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 25, 1984, 15:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place: Speaks, TX
- Location: 29.2555° N, 96.7003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Speaks, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2555&lon=-96.7003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21381
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA289
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21381/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA289

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff
  - preflight planning/preparation - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

DURING TAKEOFF TO THE SOUTH THE NORTHERLY WIND PICKED UP. ACCELERATION WAS NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO BECOME AIRBORNE BEFORE END OF AIRSTRIP. ACFT OVERRAN AIRSTRIP AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH. DENSITY ALT WAS 2,500 FT MSL AND ACFT LOADED WITH 1,200 LBS OF FERTILIZER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N731TL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731TL-2015-05-05), registration cancelled 2015-05-05, S/N 18803142T, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18803142T
- Airframe hours: 1807
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Metro Ag Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: AAIP, March 3, 1984
- Departed: SPEAKS, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 2,250 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 2,200 as pilot in command, 190 in the last 90 days, 63 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 1 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 93 °F

## 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 19840625030359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840625030359A), Jun 25, 1984: Cessna A188B, Speaks, TX, Substantial damage. Attempted downwind takeoff. Reolled off end of runway and ran into a ditch. No reported mechanical malfunctions.

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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