- Date
- June 23, 1988, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Upper Lake, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4946QCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880623028109A
- Case key
- 25768
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Analysis
The acdt occurred drg an aerial app flt. The pilot reported that he had flown 6 or 7 flights earlier in the day. Each flight the load was reduced due to the increasing temperature of the day. Just prior to the accident, the pilot reported that the takeoff ground run was ok. At the end of the runway, the left wing contacted weeds. The airplane slowed and came to rest inverted in a rice field. The pilot stated that the weight of the airplane was too heavy and the runway was too short for the conditions. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions reported at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4946Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802681T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Gordon, Fritz, doing business as Gordon Air Service
- Registered owner
- Fritz K Gordon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 8,055 total · 1,438 in this make and model · 8,055 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4946Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.