- Date
- August 15, 1992, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mathew, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N731ARCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920815031409A
- Case key
- 18334
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. A factor was the pilot's lack of experience in the type operation.
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.
Analysis
During the takeoff roll on a 35 feet wide rough county road, directional control was lost and the airplane impacted a ditch. No mechanical malfunction was reported by the pilot. He had approximately 21 hours of experience in agricultural operations, most of which was reported as training in the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731AR
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802748T
- Airframe hours
- 5,220
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Gulfaire Enterprises, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kimmel Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1992 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,824 total · 21 in this make and model · 3,421 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N731AR · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.