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| Date: | Tuesday 23 July 1991 |
| Time: | 06:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 188B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4962Q |
| MSN: | 18802696T |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Munger, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED FROM A REPORTED SOFT SURFACED SOD RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE AIRPLANE SETTLED INTO MATURE CORN SHORTLY AFTER THE 'NORMAL TAKEOFF.' AN EYEWITNESS CONFIRMED THE PILOT'S STATEMENT AND ADDED THAT THE AIRPLANE DID NOT APPEAR AS THOUGH IT WAS GOING TO TAKEOFF. AN ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RUNWAY SURFACE WAS SOFT AND THAT NO PRE-CRASH AIRFRAME OR POWERPLANT MALFUNCTIONS COULD BE IDENTIFIED.
Probable Cause: A PREMATURE LIFTOFF BY THE PILOT. A FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE SOFT RUNWAY SURFACE AND A STALL/MUSH.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI91DEM07
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 May 1998 | N4962Q | Coauette Aviation | 0 | Crookston, MN | |
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| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 19:37 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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