Cessna 188B N4970Q

Summary

On 24 July 1982 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 188B registered N4970Q, operated by BOB Davis Flying Service, Inc., was involved in an accident near Loami, Illinois, 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

24 July 1982 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Loami, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Parks (3H9)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 188B

Registration

N4970Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

BOB Davis Flying Service, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Loami → Loami

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI82DA274

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 WAS TAKING OFF ON THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY WITH A REPORTED LOAD OF 1080 LBS OF WHEAT SEED. DURING THE TAKEOFF, THERE WAS A DIRECT CROSSWIND OF 6 KTS AND THE TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT WERE 78 AND 68 DEG, RESPECTIVELY. AFTER USING ABOUT 3/4 OF THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT BECAME AWARE THAT HE WAS A NOT GOING TO GET AIRBORNE IN SUFFICIENT TIME TO CLEAR A LINE OF TREES. HE ACTIVATED THE EMERGENCY DUMP LEVER, BUT THE SYSTEM WAS PROGRAMMED TO DUMP ONLY 1.5 BUSHELS PER ACRE. TO AVOID RUNNING INTO THE LINE OF TREES, THE PILOT INTENTIONALLY GROUND LOOPED THE PLANE, BUT IT CONTINUED INTO THE TREES WHILE MOVING BACKWARD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.