# NTSB LAX82DA325: Cessna 188, N1562M, Casa Grande, AZ, August 31, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 30, 1982, 20:30 local (Aug 31, 1982, 03:30 UTC)
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Location: 32.8795° N, 111.7574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casa Grande, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8795&lon=-111.7574&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 30, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70151
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA325
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70151/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA325

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - spray/dusting equipment - movement restricted (contributing factor)
  - load jettison - not possible, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1562M-2013-07-30), registration cancelled 2013-07-30, S/N 18800662, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188
- Registry model: [Cessna A188A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (registry code 2073008) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18800662
- Airframe hours: 1630
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820831070269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820831070269A), Aug 31, 1982: Cessna A188A, Casa Grande, AZ, Substantial damage. Hot day,full load and tall grass on ag strip prevented pilot from attaining climb speed. Settled into cotton field.

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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