- Date
- August 18, 1992, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Felton, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6664GCessna A188A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920818032149A
- Case key
- 37210
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff at a timely point which resulted in an inadequate climb rate an a collision with trees.
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 Cessna A188A ag wagon was departing a 3000 foot soft and wet sod strip with 900 pounds of seed for a spray mission. The airplane was slow to accelerate. The pilot felt he was committed to the takeoff during the departure roll due to insufficient runway remaining. The airplane impacted the trees on the departure end of the runway 50 feet above the ground. The left wing remained in the trees, the fuselage with the right wing fell to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6664G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1880121LT
- Airframe hours
- 3,162
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 91
- Operator
- John H. Brown
- Registered owner
- John H. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1992 · 20 hours before
- Destination
- Goldsboro, MD
- Airport
- NONE · Dave Hrupsa, runway 36, 3,000 × 70 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,200 total · 200 in this make and model · 2,200 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.