- Date
- September 4, 1989, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wiggins, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9335RCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890904033269A
- Case key
- 17553
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain an adequate visual lookout and collided with a standpipe which severed four feet of the right wing, resulting in loss of control inflight and subsequent collision with the terrain.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9335R
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802242
- Airframe hours
- 2,582
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Associated Aerial Applicators
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1989 · 83 hours before
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 873 total · 362 in this make and model · 780 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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.
Other investigations on N9335R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.