- Date
- July 9, 1989, 07:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- Red Lodge, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2165JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890709020829A
- Case key
- 17557
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper inflight decision by the pilot and his failure to attain sufficient altitude. Rising terrain, high density altitude, and trees were considered to be contributing factors.
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
- N2165J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803402T
- Airframe hours
- 1,642
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Visser, Michael P., doing business as Top Hand Airsprayers
- Registered owner
- Michael P Visser
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1989 · 144 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Laurel, MT
- Destination
- NONE · Red Lodge, MT
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °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 N2165J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.