# NTSB MKC84LA253: Cessna A188B, N4906Q, Plains, KS, August 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 12, 1984, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Plains, KS
- Coordinates: 37.260074, -100.569732 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2601&lon=-100.5697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33775
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA253
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33775/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA253

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A TALL CROP DURING AN ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM A DIRT ROAD. THE ACFT HAD FAILED TO BECOME AIRBORNE ON ANOTHER ROAD AFTER ABOUT 2600 FT OF RUN AND THE ATTEMPT WAS ABORTED. THIS TAKEOFF RUN WAS ABOUT 2800 FT ACCORDING TO THE PLT. THE PLT HAD TRIED THESE TWO DIFFERENT ROADS BECAUSE THE ONE HE HAD BEEN USING WAS USED BY HIS CO-WORKER AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF DUST WAS STILL IN THE AIR FROM THE PROP WASH. HE RECOMMENDED TO NOT BE IN SUCH A HURRY OR USE THE DUMP GATE. HE ALSO THOUGHT HIS 3 BLADED PROP DEGRADED HIS TAKEOFF ACCELERATION. THE ACFT NOSED OVER AFTER THE GROUND LOOP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4906Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4906Q-1984-10-05), registration cancelled 1984-10-05, S/N 18802641T, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18802641T
- Airframe hours: 1299
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: J.O.B. Sprayers
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, February 23, 1984
- Airport: runway 9, 3,000 × 50 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 65; commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 11,534 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840812042949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840812042949A), Aug 12, 1984: Cessna A188B, Plains, KS, Destroyed. A wing caught in milo on the edge of a road during the second attempt to takeoff. Aircraft flipped over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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