Accident Cessna T188C , Monday 5 June 2000

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Date:	Monday 5 June 2000
Time:
Type:	Cessna T188C
Owner/operator:
Registration:
MSN:	T-188036608T
Total airframe hrs:	7370 hours
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Hermanos Pérez Airstrip - Ecuador
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Hermanos Pérez Airstrip
Destination airport:	Hermanos Pérez Airstrip
Investigating agency:	DGAC Ecuador
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft began its take-off run centred on the runway axis, but during the flight the main gear left the runway axis to the left side. On the day of the accident, the runway vegetation was not cut and maintained a height of 1.20 metres. Consequently, during the flight, the spray boom accumulated a large amount of undergrowth, which caused the aircraft to suffer a jerk, causing it to initiate a lateral skid over a distance of 20 metres, until the right wing became embedded in a tree where it ended its flight.

Accident investigation: