- Date
- July 27, 1993, 13:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Dayton, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5646JCessna 188A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930727040709A
- Case key
- 43047
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The loss of engine power, undetermined. A factor relating to the accident was a fence in the flt path.
Analysis
The engine lost power at 50 feet AGL during initial climb after takeoff. The acft descended, struck a fence as power was regained, and impacted the ground. An FAA inspector who examined the acft reported there was no evidence of malfunction or failure of the engine before the accident. The operator reported the left magneto failed.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5646J
- Reported as
- Cessna 188A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18800596
- Airframe hours
- 3,862
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Dayton Chemical, Inc
- Registered owner
- Dayton Chemical, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1993 · 12 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Dayton Airstrip, runway 4, 1,940 × 30 ft, macadam
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 6,514 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 6,359 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALW, 22 nm away
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 N5646J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.