- Date
- August 30, 1982, 20:30 local (Aug 31, 1982, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Casa Grande, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1562MCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820831070269A
- Case key
- 70151
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot initiated his takeoff with a light quartering tail wind from a 2300 ft runway that was covered with tall grass. The temperature and elevation were 95 deg and about 1500 ft, respectively. He reported that the plane accelerated slowly, but was about normal for the make and model. He stated that after becoming airborne at the end of the runway, the plane climbed out of ground effect, then began to settle. Reportedly, he hit the dump handle when a stall became imminent, but the gate stuck shut and did not open until after the plane mushed into a cotton field. The plane was damaged after it struck the ground and ran through about 500 ft of cotton.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1562M
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18800662
- Airframe hours
- 1,630
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Albert W. Waits
- Registered owner
- Albert W. Waits
- Departed
- Casa Grande, AZ
- Destination
- Casa Grande, AZ
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 18, 2,300 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 17,000 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 17,000 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 45° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 203 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.