- Date
- June 15, 1984, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gould, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9431GCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840615024829A
- Case key
- 33708
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Maneuver - initiated
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
Load jettison - initiated
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt departed with a heavy load, & during a turn after takeoff, the acft began to settle. The load was dumped & the plt said he was applying full power, but the acft continued to mush & crashed about one mile from the airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9431G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801482T
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Robertson Aerial Ag, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 24, 1984 · 80 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,689 total · 1,340 in this make and model · 1,615 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 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.