- Date
- June 5, 1987, 06:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dalton, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4219JCessna 188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870605018909A
- Case key
- 34395
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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 PIC attempted to depart a rural farm ldg strip during an aerial application operation. The acft left spray boom struck tall standing wheat prior to lift off speed causing loss of control and subsequent ground loop and nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4219J
- Reported as
- Cessna 188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803725T
- Airframe hours
- 1,440
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ag Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1987 · 7 hours before
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,829 total · 4,600 in this make and model · 5,394 as pilot in command · 290 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNY, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.