- Date
- September 8, 1983, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Catron, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4889QCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830908064769A
- Case key
- 33487
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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 acft went out of control during the takeoff roll from a farm field. The plt states that as the roll began the left wing started to drop and the acft began turning left. The plt tried to correct with right brake but was unable to make a correction. The left wing made ground contact and the plt cut the power and slide to a stop. An examination by FAA showed that an attach bolt had sheared, the strut above the wheel broke and the left wheel separated from the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4889Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802625T
- Airframe hours
- 1,233
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-52O-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Farmers Ag Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1983 · 175 hours before
- Airport
- Catron
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
- 44
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 13,850 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.