- Date
- August 20, 1983, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jay, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9261GCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830820042899A
- Case key
- 30931
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Analysis
The plt reported that he tried to take off on a hot day with a heavy lord, but the acft would not perform sufficiently to climb over a drainage terrace at the departure end of the rwy. The acft bumped the drainage terrace & continued flying, but would not climb sufficiently to clear trees near the end of the rwy. The plt then elected to abort the takeoff. During touchdown in a nearby field, the main gear collapsed. Aprx 35 mi south at pensacola, FL, the 1557 CDT temp was 95 deg. The density alt at Jay, FL was aprx 2400 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9261G
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801441
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- James B. Wells
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1983
- Airport
- Wells Flying Service, runway 27, 2,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,739 total · 2,028 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.