- Date
- August 25, 1987, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Stonington, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N731GGCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870825050379A
- Case key
- 17066
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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 plt reported that he had completed an aerial application flt and landed on a road to visit with a customer. He said that the left MLG tire blew out during landing and the acft ground looped. The left MLG collapsed during the ground loop and both wings were damaged. The plt said the 'left main tire evidently impacted with an obstruction while spraying.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731GG
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802880T
- Airframe hours
- 3,050
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Bill Witten, doing business as Witten Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Bill Witten
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 22, 1987 · 250 hours before
- Departed
- 17K · Boise City, OK
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
- 50
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,774 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 5,658 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.