# NTSB LAX84LUJ02: Cessna 188A, N8138V, Salome, AZ, August 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 26, 1984, 23:45 local (Aug 27, 1984, 06:45 UTC)
- Place: Salome, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.719501, -113.649238 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7195&lon=-113.6492&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24422
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LUJ02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24422/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LUJ02

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - reduced, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, takeoff - roll/run
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - separation (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT SAID HIS PROP STIRRED UP A CLOUD OF DUST DURING TAKEOFF AND IN A STATE OF REDUCED VISIBILITY HE COLLIDED WITH A MOUND OF DIRT. THE COLLISION SEPARATED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FROM THE ACFT. SUBTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8138V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8138V-1990-01-08), registration cancelled 1990-01-08, S/N 1880388 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188A
- Registry model: [Cessna A188](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (registry code 2073004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 188-0388
- Airframe hours: 4436
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Five Star Flying, Inc.
- Registered owner: Five Star Flying Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, June 28, 1984, 1,422 hours before

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 5,000 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 130 in the last 30 days, 11 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 100 °F, dew point -0 °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 19840826044129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840826044129A), Aug 26, 1984: Cessna A188, Salome, AZ, Substantial damage. Pilot claims dust from propellor caused obstruction to pilots vision and aircraft wheel struck mound of dirt.

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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