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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 188 · Joiner, AR · June 13, 1990

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
June 13, 1990, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
Place
Joiner, AR
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N2059JCessna 188
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report September 29, 1992
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19900613022599A
Case key
34998

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Probable cause

Premature lift-off by the pilot in command.

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 flightTakeoff
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Lift-off - prematurePilot in commandCause
Stall/mush - encounteredPilot in commandCause
In flight collision with terrain/waterTakeoff

Analysis

The commercial plt said that during the takeoff and initial climb, the fully loaded acft settled back to the runway and went off the end. A quartering crosswind was blowing over some trees that boardered the runway near the lift-off point.

Aircraft

Registration
N2059J
Reported as
Cessna 188
Category
Airplane
Serial number
T18803349T
Engine
Continental TSIO-520-T, 315 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Aerial application · Part 137
Registered owner
Price, James L.
Airport
Price Field, runway 18, 3,300 × 75 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
57
Certificate
Commercial
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Flight hours
10,000 total · 9,000 in this make and model · 9,900 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
220° at 8 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
-0 °F, dew point -0 °F

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.