- Date
- June 21, 1991, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Doddsville, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9102RCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910621023409A
- Case key
- 32886
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Probable cause
Poor planning decision by the pilot for failure to take into account the temperature extremes and what effect this would have on the ground roll distance. Contributing to the accident was his lack of total experience in the type of operation.
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
While attmpting to take off from a grass airstrip on a 90 degree day, the acft would not accelerate out of ground effect. The landing gear collided with an embankment at the end of the rwy causing the acft to nose over. The acft came to rest inverted in a pond adjacent to the embankment. The plt stated that there was no eng failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9102R
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802117T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Mcdaniel Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mcdaniel Flying Service, Inc.
- Airport
- NONE · Adair Strip, runway 18, 3,960 × 60 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 562 total · 289 in this make and model · 486 as pilot in command · 159 in the last 90 days · 77 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.