Cessna A188B N4491Q

Summary

On 9 May 1986 at about 14:30 local time, a Cessna A188B registered N4491Q was involved in an accident near Berino, New Mexico, 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

9 May 1986 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Berino, New Mexico, United States

Coordinates

32.0692, -106.6393

Aircraft

Cessna A188B

Registration

N4491Q

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

DEN86LA130

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 REPORTS THAT HE WAS TAKING OFF ON HIS THIRD AERIAL APP FLT OF THE DAY. HE SAID THE WIND WAS FROM THE NW AND VERY LIGHT AND HE WAS DEPARTING TO THE N. THE DENSITY ALT WAS CALCULATED TO BE 5,200 FT. ACCELERATION SEEMED TO BE NORMAL UNTIL ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY DOWN THE 2,400 FT LONG, DIRT STRIP WHEN 'THE PLANE SEEMED LIKE IT SUDDENLY PICKED UP A TAIL WIND.' THE PLT DUMPED THE LOAD OF CHEM IN HOPES OF GETTING AIRBORNE BUT THE ACFT DID NOT FLY. THERE IS A TWO FT HIGH LEVY AT THE END OF THE STRIP AND WHEN THE MAIN GEAR HIT THE LEVY THE ACFT BOUNCED AIRBORNE AND THEN CRASHED. THE ENG WAS EXAMINED AFTER THE ACDT AND NO EVIDENCE WAS FOUND TO EXPLAIN THE REPORTED POWER LOSS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.