Cessna 188B N9966J

Summary

On 24 June 1985 at about 12:20 local time, a Cessna 188B registered N9966J was involved in an accident near Lodi, 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

24 June 1985 at 12:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Lodi, California, United States

Coordinates

38.1109, -121.1606

Aircraft

Cessna 188B

Registration

N9966J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

LAX85FVD02

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

ON JUNE 24, 1985, AT 0520 HOURS PDT, A CESSNA AG TRUCK 188B, N9966J, REGISTERED TO JAMES L. THOMAS AND OPERATED BY AG- FLIGHT, INC. COLLIDED WITH THE BRIM OF AN IRRIGATION CANAL DURING TAKE-OFF FROM THE THOMAS RANCH STRIP AND IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A FIELD BEYOND THE CANAL WHILE ON A FLIGHT TO APPLY SULFER ON A LOCAL VINEYARD. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY CRASH IMPACT FORCES AND FIRE FROM THE BURNING SULFER CARRIED WITHIN THE AIRCRAFT AND THE CERTIFICATED ATP PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURY TO HIS EYES FROM THE BURNING SULFER. THE PILOT STATES THAT ALL NORMAL PREFLIGHT OPERATIONS WERE CONDUCTED PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT TAKEOFF WITH NO ABNORMAL INDICATION THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWER THAN NORMAL WITH SLUGGISH ACCELERATION. AT LIFT OFF, THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A NEAR STALL CONDITION BEFORE STRIKING THE CANAL BRIM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.