- Date
- September 30, 1986, 07:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Thermal, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N70240Cessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860930046789A
- Case key
- 24948
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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
The plt lost directional control of the acft during his 4th takeoff from the rutted rwy surface. The tail wheel slipped into a rut on the rwy and the acft veered to the right where it contacted 8-10 ft tall brush. The acft traveled through the brush, contacted an embankment and nosed down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70240
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801875T
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Robert J Willis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1986 · 60 hours before
- Airport
- TRM · Thermal, runway 17, 3,000 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 31,000 total · 30,000 in this make and model · 30,000 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TRM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.