# Accident 20020729018489A: Cessna T188C, Choteau, MT, July 29, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2002, 07:30 local time
- Place: Choteau, MT
- Airport: Choteau
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 47.8286° N, 112.1569° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8286&lon=-112.1569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2802J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2802J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T188C (registry code 2073012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T188C
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA02LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020729018489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED ENGINE FAILED ON BASE LEG TO LANDING.

## 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 SEA02LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA138), Jul 29, 2002: Cessna T188C (N2802J), Choteau, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inattention to fuel consumption (flight duration) which resulted in a total loss of power and subsequent hard landing.

## Other reports on N2802J (2)

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

- [Accident 20250722021699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250722021699A), Jul 22, 2025: Cessna T188C (N2802J), Mt. Morris, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On July 22, 2025, at 1445Z, the pilot in command (PIC) of [privacy data omitted], a Cessna T188C, departed Ogle County Airport (C55), near mount Morris, IL on…
- [Accident 19890707023789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890707023789A), Jul 7, 1989: Cessna T188C (N2802J), Fort Benton, MT, Substantial damage. Left main landing gear collapsed on the takeoff roll. Settled onto left wing before stopping.

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.

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