- Date
- June 28, 1990, 06:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wray, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2870JCessna T 188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900628022799A
- Case key
- 17964
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain proper alignment proper alignment during landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The commercial pilot was landing at his ranch strip. At touchdown, the left wing caught in a standing rye crop and skewed the plane to the left, 90 degrees. The right main gear and tailwheel were separated from the fuselage. The fuselage was bent 45 degrees from just aft of the pilot's station.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2870J
- Reported as
- Cessna T 188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18803545T
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Gordon L. Thompson
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- NONE, runway 17, 2,640 × 30 ft, gravel
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,309 total · 871 in this make and model · 4,122 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °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 N2870J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.