Cessna A188A N9916G

Summary

On 17 August 1982 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna A188A registered N9916G, operated by Wiregrass Airplane, was involved in an accident near Florala, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 August 1982 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Florala, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Florala Municipal Airport (0J4)

Coordinates

31.0196, -86.3010

Aircraft

Cessna A188A

Registration

N9916G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Wiregrass Airplane

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Florala → Florala

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

ATL82DA241

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AS HE WAS CLIMBING THROUGH ABOUT 30 TO 40 FT AGL, THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY WENT TO THE RIGHT AS THE FLAPS WERE BEING RETRACTED. IN AN EFFORT TO COUNTERACT THE LATERAL MOVEMENT, THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT AILERON AND RUDDER WHICH STARTED THE RECOVERY. HOWEVER, THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO RECOVER AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT FLAP CABLE, PN 166300-12, HAD FAILED. THE PART HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN 1971 AND HAD BEEN IN USE FOR 2651 FLIGHT HOURS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.