- Date
- August 1, 1991, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Island, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2872JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910801031129A
- Case key
- 14803
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from crops during aerial application maneuvers. Related factors are the failure of a propeller pitch change mechanism and the pilot's diverted attention.
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 stated he was making a low pass (about 4 feet above the crops) for purpose of aerial application when 'the engine surged....' When he looked down to troubleshoot the problem he took his eyes off the crop. He reported 'the next thing I knew I was in the corn, I pulled back out of it, but the intake had ingested too much corn. The engine seemed like it was running on 3 cylinders...' The airplane struck a row of cedar and settled into a corn field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2872J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803547T
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-520T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Muckel'S
- Registered owner
- James D. Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- NONE · Prosser, NE
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,125 total · 404 in this make and model · 3,125 as pilot in command · 315 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.