- Date
- May 7, 1984, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Shedd, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N731SWCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 39918
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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
While landing on a 1600 ft ag strip, the plt realized he had too much speed. However, there were power lines at the departure end of the strip, so he elected not to attempt a go-around. He intentionally ground looped the acft to avoid a ditch & road at the end of the strip. During the ground loop, the right main gear, right wing & stabilizer were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731SW
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-03128T
- Airframe hours
- 1,540
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ag Care, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 17, 1984
- Departed
- Corvallis, OR
- Destination
- Shedd, OR
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 14,800 total · 2,010 in this make and model · 14,800 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F