- Date
- May 3, 2006, 06:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Minidoka, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8959GCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 63625
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff. A berm at the end of the runway was a 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
In a written statement the pilot reported that the airplane's engine sounded smooth, but was not as loud as "normal" during the takeoff roll. He reported that the tail was lifted from the runway surface at the "normal" point, but sufficient speed for takeoff was not obtained at the "normal" liftoff point. The pilot reported that, "After running the entire length" of the 2,200 ft grass strip he was able to liftoff, however he was unable to "sustain flight" and the aircraft collided with a 4-foot bank at the departure end of the runway. The aircraft came to rest approximately 100 yards from the departure end of the runway.
Factual narrative
In a written statement the pilot reported that the airplane's engine sounded smooth, but was not as loud as "normal" during the takeoff roll. He reported that the tail was lifted from the runway surface at the "normal" point, but sufficient speed for takeoff was not obtained at the "normal" liftoff point. The pilot reported that, "After running the entire length" of the 2,200 ft grass strip he was able to liftoff, however he was unable to "sustain flight" and the aircraft collided with a 4-foot bank at the departure end of the runway. The aircraft came to rest approximately 100 yards from the departure end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8959G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188013330
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Aero Eagle Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- 1U0 · Minidoka, ID
- Airport
- 1U0 · Bear Trap, runway 24
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Flight hours
- 3,063 total · 1,927 in this make and model · 113 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day