# NTSB LAX83LA133: Cessna 188B, N731JK, Delhi, CA, March 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 10, 1983, 16:28 local (Mar 11, 1983, 00:28 UTC)
- Place: Delhi, CA
- Coordinates: 37.420955, -120.76934 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4210&lon=-120.7693&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23637
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA133
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23637/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA133

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (cause)
  - weather evaluation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE HAD BEEN SPRAYING FERTILIZER IN THE AREA ALL DAY. WHILE TAKING OFF FROM A STRIP SURROUNDED BY TREES, THE ACFT CLIMBED ABOVE THE TREETOPS, THEN BEGAN TO SETTLE. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT CRASHED INTO ALMOND TREES & BURNED. THE PLT STATED THAT THE ENG WAS DEVELOPING FULL POWER, BUT A WIND SHIFT OCCURRED AT ABOUT THE TIME HE BEGAN HIS TAKEOFF ROLL. THE WIND WAS REPORTED FROM 180 DEG AT 3 GUSTING 8 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N731JK](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731JK-2000-08-21), registration cancelled 2000-08-21, S/N 18802930T (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Albin P. Bettencourt
- Airport: Private Strip

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 4,389 total, 271 in this make and model, 4,124 as pilot in command, 38 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 3 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 9,000 ft overcast

## 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 19830310074559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830310074559A), Mar 10, 1983: Cessna 188B, Delhi, CA, Destroyed. Aircraft settled back to ground after takeoff, flipped inverted and burned.

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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