- Date
- July 7, 1987, 18:00 local (Jul 8, 1987, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Winnett, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2058JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870707034179A
- Case key
- 17270
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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
During landing on a roadway used by the crop-duster for re-loading chemicals for spraying, the left spray boom contacted vegetation and slewed the acft sideways. The right wing was bent and the propeller was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2058J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803348T
- Airframe hours
- 2,098
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Craig R. Mahling, doing business as Billings Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Gerhart Blain
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 7, 1987
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.