- Date
- July 6, 1984, 19:00 local (Jul 7, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glen Allen, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2803JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840706030779A
- Case key
- 6492
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt stated that while doing aerial applications and flying into the sun he failed to see a tree and collided with it. The pilot was not wearing sunglasses nor was the aircraft equipped with sun shading devices.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2803J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803516T
- Airframe hours
- 1,740
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Air Mobile Applicators, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 18, 1984 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- PVT · Glen Allen, MS
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLH, 28 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.