Cessna 188 N4946Q

Summary

On 23 June 1988 at about 14:30 local time, a Cessna 188 registered N4946Q, operated by Gordon, Fritz, was involved in an accident near Upper Lake, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 June 1988 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Upper Lake, California, United States

Coordinates

39.2598, -122.9592

Aircraft

Cessna 188

Registration

N4946Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Gordon, Fritz

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX88DVG06

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 ACDT OCCURRED DRG AN AERIAL APP FLT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD FLOWN 6 OR 7 FLIGHTS EARLIER IN THE DAY. EACH FLIGHT THE LOAD WAS REDUCED DUE TO THE INCREASING TEMPERATURE OF THE DAY. JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE TAKEOFF GROUND RUN WAS OK. AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT WING CONTACTED WEEDS. THE AIRPLANE SLOWED AND CAME TO REST INVERTED IN A RICE FIELD. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRPLANE WAS TOO HEAVY AND THE RUNWAY WAS TOO SHORT FOR THE CONDITIONS. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.