- Date
- May 22, 2000, 07:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Elgin, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2075JCessna C-T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000522036869A
- Case key
- 51056
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Probable cause
the failure of the pilot in command to maintain clearance with the ground during an aerial application.
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 pilot was making an aerial application flight when he contacted the ground. In a written statement the pilot stated: 'After having made several passes, I turned around and entered the field again on a slight down hill, I did not notice a 'nob' in the field and hit it with the right wheel. I looked out the right window and saw that the boom was gone.' The pilot returned to the private departure airport and landed without any further problems.
Factual narrative
On May 22, 2000, at 0700 mountain daylight time (mdt), a Cessna T188C, N2075J, owned by Aerial Crop Care Incorporated was substantially damaged during an aerial application flight 12 miles south of Elgin, North Dakota. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 137 flight was not operating under a flight plan. The commercial pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Hebron Municipal Airport, near Hebron, North Dakota, at 0600 mdt.
The pilot told a Federal Aviation Administration inspector that during a swath run the right main landing gear impacted the terrain. He said he was able to maintain control of the airplane and returned to the point of origin where he landed the airplane without the benefit of the right main landing gear. He said the damage was caused during the initial impact with the terrain and not the subsequent landing at Hebron.
In a report the pilot stated: "After having made several passes, I turned around and entered the field again on a slight down hill, I did not notice a 'nob' in the field and hit it with the right wheel. I looked out the right window and saw that the boom was gone."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2075J
- Reported as
- Cessna C-T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 03365T
- Airframe hours
- 3,326
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-KIA5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Clyde D Rische
- Registered owner
- Aerial Crop Care Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 2000 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- 2H3 · Hebron, ND
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,207 total · 387 in this make and model · 6,207 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2075J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.