- Date
- March 26, 1984, 14:38 local (20:38 UTC)
- Place
- Mcgehee, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4841QCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840326008509A
- Case key
- 33659
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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 he made a wheel landing in an ag strip. As the forward speed decresaed, the tail was lowered to the ground. The acft was nearly stopped when the tail started up & the acft nosed over. The plt stated that before the accident, the winds were from the south at 15 KTS, then for 30 to 40 min after the accident, the winds were very strong & variable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4841Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802577T
- Airframe hours
- 11
- Engine
- Continental IO 520 SERIES, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Thompson Flying Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- Thompson Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Airport
- Ag Strip, runway 27, 2,500 × 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,737 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,605 as pilot in command · 78 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.