- Date
- June 23, 1989, 20:30 local (Jun 24, 1989, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Grygla, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4724RCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890623021689A
- Case key
- 34815
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight planning and preparation by the pilot. Tall grass (high vegetation) at the end of the strip was a contributing factor.
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 commercial pilot said he had used this pvt strip on three previous occasions, and that on the day of the accident, he had already dispensed about 14 loads. Also, he said that the wind had become calm, whereas on previous takeoffs, there was an existing wind. Shortly after takeoff, the acft contacted tall grass at the departure end of the strip. A spray boom caught the tall grass, then the acft spun around and was damaged. The plt believed that if the grass at the end of the strip had been mowed, the accident would not have happened.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4724R
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802306T
- Airframe hours
- 3,651
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Holte, James K
- Registered owner
- Holte, James K
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 29, 1989 · 135 hours before
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 36, 2,650 × 100 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
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,230 total · 310 in this make and model · 3,099 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVF, 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.
Other investigations on N4724R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.