- Date
- February 20, 1988, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Macon, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4489QCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880220027859A
- Case key
- 32139
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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 stated that during the takeoff roll, the left lndg gear failed causing the acft to swerve off the rwy & into a ditch bordering the rwy. An exam by FAA personnel revealed tire marks on the rwy which continued off the rwy & into the ditch. According to the FAA, the gear failed due to excessive side overload & impact with the ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4489Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18800889
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kirk'S Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 19, 1988
- Airport
- Macon Municipal, runway 27, 3,000 × 100 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 16,500 total · 8,000 in this make and model · 16,400 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CBM, 30 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.