- Date
- May 8, 1976
- Place
- W Cornwall, VT · W CORNWALL, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6509GCessna A188B
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760508010399A
- Case key
- 153779
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1321 76/5/8 W CORNWALL,VT CESSNA A188B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0700 N6509G PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 57, 11000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORINSBERG STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION W CORNWALL,VT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 6300 KIND OF OPERATION - AGITATING TREES KIND OF CROP - FRUIT ORCHARDS PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 500 REMARKS- PLT ACCUSTOMED TO FLYING PIPER ACFT WITH 36 FOOT WING SPAN,THIS ACFT HAS A 42 FOOT WING SPAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6509G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Norinsberg Strip
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.