- Date
- November 13, 1979
- Place
- Sabana, PR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N53374Cessna 188
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791113035939A
- Case key
- 132727
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3653 79/11/13 SABANA,PR CESSNA 188 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1030 N53374 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY 4500 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DIRT STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SABANA,PR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 4500 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53374
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dirt Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.