- Date
- April 15, 1983, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Williamson, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N731VYCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830415015459A
- Case key
- 35089
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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 acft collided with a tree during a forced landing after a power loss on takeoff. The pilot had a load of 125 gallonsof a fungicide for spraying trees when the engine quit at about 100 ft AGL. The load was dumped and the acft was turned to the right for a landing in an open field. The acft contacted a tree on the boundary of the field and rotated about 45DEGREES to the right. It then landed and bounced around and ended up heading north in an upright position. A post accident examination determined that the engine would only run with the electric fuel boost pump on. The engine driven fuel pump (pn 638154-1) had seized and the drive shaft had sheared. The seizure occurred at the shaft seal (p/n 13507).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731VY
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18803201T
- Airframe hours
- 464
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Thomas J. Avery, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 16, 1983 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- 3G7 · Williamson, NY
- Airport
- 3G7 · Williamson/Sodus, runway 10, 3,375 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F
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 N731VY · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.