- Date
- March 15, 1978
- Place
- Moxee, WA · MOXEE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5501SCessna A188
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780315005059A
- Case key
- 143316
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0513 78/3/15 MOXEE,WA CESSNA A188 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 14280 TIME - 1320 N5501S PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 3882 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SELLERS STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOXEE,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1000 REMARKS- ATTACH BOLT TO R AILERON CTL ROD MISSING. HIT WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5501S
- Reported as
- Cessna A188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sellers Strip
N5501SRegistration cancelled Oct 27, 2014 · Cessna A188Airframe modelCessna A188Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N5501S · 1
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