- Date
- July 22, 1983, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bozeman, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2834JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830722034519A
- Case key
- 16122
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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 acft settled into trees after the engine lost power during a swath run. The flt had been in progress for about 15 minutes. The plt started the 4th run and the acft started to settle. The plt dumped the load but did not touch the throttle or mixture. He had set the throttle and mixture for the operation and tightened the friction adjustment. The mixture had been leaned to peak temperature and then enriched so the cyl head temp was peak temp minus 125 degrees. The manifold pressure was 32 inches and the prop set at 2400 RPM the pilot was asked about his use or power and mixture and he said he did not move or adjust them from the time he set them after initial leveloff until ground impact. He saidthat after the accident these controls were in a normal flt position. The pilot was wearing a helmet and said it would be possible for the engine to stop and him not be able to hear it. From the condition of the propeller it was determinedthat the engine was not producing power at impact. During inspection, nothing was found wrong with the powerplant.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2834J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803528T
- Airframe hours
- 760
- Engine
- Continental TS10-520-T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Boyd J. Morgan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 15, 1983
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,490 total · 40 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BZN, 7 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.