- Date
- April 13, 2011, 06:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Palouse, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4562JCessna T188C
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Aerodynamic stall/spin
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20110413004859A
- Case key
- 78857
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate evaluation of the wind conditions at takeoff and failure to maintain an adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall and collision with terrain during the initial climb.
Findings · 5
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the engine ran fine during the run-up inspection and takeoff, and the airplane was within weight and balance limitations. The departure runway had an upslope, there was rising terrain in the departure corridor, and witnesses reported a light tailwind at the time of departure. Shortly after the airplane lifted from the runway, it began to settle. The pilot pitched the nose up to try and fly over the terrain at the end of the runway, but the airplane stalled into the terrain about 500 feet past the departure end. The airplane nosed over inverted and the airframe and wings sustained substantial damage.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that the engine ran fine during run up and takeoff, and the airplane was within weight and balance limitations. The departure runway had an upslope, and there was rising terrain in the departure corridor. Witnesses reported a light tail wind at the time of departure. The airplane got airborne, but began to settle. The pilot pitched the nose up to try and fly over the terrain at the end of the runway, but the airplane stalled into the terrain about 500 feet past the departure end. The airplane nosed over inverted and the airframe and wings sustained substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4562J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803752T
- Airframe hours
- 8,708
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 137
- Operator
- Dale Schoepflin
- Registered owner
- Dale Schoepflin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 7, 2011
- Departed
- WN26 · Palouse, WA
- Destination
- WN26 · Palouse, WA
- Airport
- WN26 · Schoepflin Airport, runway 22, 2,200 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 72
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 26, 2011
- Seat
- Single
- Flight hours
- 12,801 total · 1,660 in this make and model · 68 in the last 90 days · 68 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.81 inHg
- Observed at
- KPUW, 8 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 4, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.