- Date
- April 9, 1993, 19:46 local (Apr 10, 1993, 00:46 UTC)
- Place
- Belview, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2975JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930409008839A
- Case key
- 15696
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's not maintaining proper altitude.
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 airplane was maneuvering near a field where aerial application of chemicals was being made when the airplane impacted trees and descended into the terrain. The weather conditions were daylight VMC with no reported wind. Post accident examination of the pilot and airplane failed to reveal any anomalies. The pilot was on his eighth chemical application flight of the day, at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2975J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803587T
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Donner Aerial Spraying, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Donner Aerial Spraying, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1993 · 20 hours before
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,858 total · 4,200 in this make and model · 7,610 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RWF, 12 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.