- Date
- September 14, 1991, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Yazoo City, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8999GCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910914040109A
- Case key
- 32925
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Probable cause
Separation of the right main landing gear during take off due to failure of the bolts which secure the gear to the airframe. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the pilot to abort the takeoff.
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 reported that during the takeoff the rt wing dropped. He continued the takeoff but the acft travelled through two ditches before coming to rest. Exam of the acft revealed that two of three bolts which secure the rt main landing gear to the airframe were not recovered. The bolt that was recovered was metallurgically examined which revealed that it failed due to overload. There was no evidence of over torque.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8999G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801344
- Airframe hours
- 5,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Langford, Spencer
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 30, 1991 · 241 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Big Twist Strip, runway 18, 3,000 × 80 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 31,000 total · 1,125 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.