- Date
- December 28, 1986, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ft.Polk, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49220Cessna A-188-B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22196
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Landing gear,tailwheel - failure,partialCause
Maintenance,annual inspection - inadequateFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
Examination revealed the tail wheel assembly was badly worn and its spacers were missing, causing the swivel mechanism to lock in the off center position. The aircraft landed on a narrow road. It veered slightly upon tail wheel contact and went off the shoulder of the roadway where the right wing contacted a pine tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49220
- Reported as
- Cessna A-188-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802657T
- Airframe hours
- 1,600
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Southwing Aviation
- Registered owner
- William Mcgraw
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 16, 1986 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- LA22 · Lecompte, LA
- Destination
- Ft. Polk, LA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- POE · Fort Polk
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,637 total · 24 in this make and model · 2,399 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AEX, 15 nm away