Cessna 188B N4889Q

Summary

On 8 September 1983 at about 16:45 local time, a Cessna 188B registered N4889Q was involved in an accident near Catron, Missouri, 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

8 September 1983 at 16:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Catron, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Catron

Coordinates

36.6096, -89.7007

Aircraft

Cessna 188B

Registration

N4889Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83LA218

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 ACFT WENT OUT OF CONTROL DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL FROM A FARM FIELD. THE PLT STATES THAT AS THE ROLL BEGAN THE LEFT WING STARTED TO DROP AND THE ACFT BEGAN TURNING LEFT. THE PLT TRIED TO CORRECT WITH RIGHT BRAKE BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE A CORRECTION. THE LEFT WING MADE GROUND CONTACT AND THE PLT CUT THE POWER AND SLIDE TO A STOP. AN EXAMINATION BY FAA SHOWED THAT AN ATTACH BOLT HAD SHEARED, THE STRUT ABOVE THE WHEEL BROKE AND THE LEFT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.