- Date
- August 11, 1988, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sumner, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4999RCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880811032409A
- Case key
- 34628
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During takeoff for an aerial application operation, the pilot said he was not able to climb high enough to clear a 4 foot high road at the end of the runway. He collided with the road, shearing off the main ldg gear and substantially damaging the acft. He said he thought the field was about 400 feet longer than it was, 2300 instead of 1900. He had about a 170 gallon load of insecticide on board, and the density altitude was near 2500 MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4999R
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802486T
- Airframe hours
- 2,240
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Cedar Valley Farm Services
- Registered owner
- Jacobson, Lane H
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 1987 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- Sumner, IA
- Airport
- NONE · Sumner, runway 18, 1,900 × 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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,236 total · 1,348 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALO, 25 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.