- Date
- August 7, 1984, 21:30 local (Aug 8, 1984, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jamestown, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5634JCessna 188A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840807039289A
- Case key
- 16458
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated, 'landing at dusk into sun. Landed into hill. Hard landing knocking feet (right) off rudder. Airplane groundlooped to left, hit ditch and flipped on its top.' Plt also stated fatigue from flying 4 hours on the day of the accident was a contributing factor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5634J
- Reported as
- Cessna 188A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18800584
- Airframe hours
- 2,308
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Lon E. Sinness
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 29, 1984
- Airport
- Simmers Farm, runway 27, 2,200 × ft, dirt
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
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,500 in this make and model · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 330° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JMS, 6 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.