# NTSB DEN84LA255: Cessna 188A, N5634J, Jamestown, ND, August 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 7, 1984, 21:30 local (Aug 8, 1984, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: Jamestown, ND
- Coordinates: 46.910808, -98.689201 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9108&lon=-98.6892&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16458
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA255
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16458/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA255

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - dusk
  - terrain condition - uphill
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - fatigue, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - rudder - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5634J-2013-04-22), registration cancelled 2013-04-22, S/N 18800584, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188A
- Registry model: [Cessna A188A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (registry code 2073008) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18800584
- Airframe hours: 2308
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840807039289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840807039289A), Aug 7, 1984: Cessna A188A, Jamestown, ND, Substantial damage. During landing pilot lost directional control. Aircraft swerved left, hit a ditch and flipped over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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