- Date
- July 21, 1978
- Place
- Choctaw, MS · CHOCTAW, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4866QCessna A188B
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780721018159A
- Case key
- 140220
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2817 78/7/21 CHOCTAW,MS CESSNA A188B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 5331 TIME - 1830 N4866Q PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1520 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PERCY BARONET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHOCTAW,MS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 4200 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- PLT STATED ACFT INADVERTENTLY OVERLOADED WITH SOLID FERTILIZER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4866Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Percy Baronet
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4866Q · 1
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