Cessna 188 N1562M

Summary

On 31 August 1982 at about 03:30 local time, a Cessna 188 registered N1562M, operated by Albert W. Waits, was involved in an accident near Casa Grande, Arizona, 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

31 August 1982 at 03:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Casa Grande, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Private Strip

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 188

Registration

N1562M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Albert W. Waits

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Casa Grande → Casa Grande

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

LAX82DA325

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 INITIATED HIS TAKEOFF WITH A LIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND FROM A 2300 FT RUNWAY THAT WAS COVERED WITH TALL GRASS. THE TEMPERATURE AND ELEVATION WERE 95 DEG AND ABOUT 1500 FT, RESPECTIVELY. HE REPORTED THAT THE PLANE ACCELERATED SLOWLY, BUT WAS ABOUT NORMAL FOR THE MAKE AND MODEL. HE STATED THAT AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE PLANE CLIMBED OUT OF GROUND EFFECT, THEN BEGAN TO SETTLE. REPORTEDLY, HE HIT THE DUMP HANDLE WHEN A STALL BECAME IMMINENT, BUT THE GATE STUCK SHUT AND DID NOT OPEN UNTIL AFTER THE PLANE MUSHED INTO A COTTON FIELD. THE PLANE WAS DAMAGED AFTER IT STRUCK THE GROUND AND RAN THROUGH ABOUT 500 FT OF COTTON.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.