# Accident 19880528016219A: Beech D17S, Wheatland, WY, May 28, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1988, 15:00 local time
- Place: Wheatland, WY
- Airport: Two Bar Ranch Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0501° N, 104.9496° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0501&lon=-104.9496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1038M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1038M-2018-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D17S (registry code 1150538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d17s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D17S
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,692 total, 1,495 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88FA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880528016219A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WRECKAGE INDICATES IMPACT FROM STALL. PLANE WAS TURNING BASE, WINGS WENT VERTICAL PRIOR CRASH.HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN88FA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA114), May 28, 1988: Beech D-17S (N1038M), Wheatland, WY, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N1038M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19840207017479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840207017479A), Feb 7, 1984: Beech D17S (N1038M), Stratford, TX, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine failure due #1 cylinder separated.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.