- Date
- February 5, 1988, 07:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lodi, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2832JCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880205001959A
- Case key
- 25758
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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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Wing - iceFactor
Ice/frost removal from aircraft - inadequateCause
Load jettison - delayedFactor
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2832J
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13303526T
- Airframe hours
- 2,654
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ag Flight, Inc.
- Registered owner
- James L Thomas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Limited (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 16, 1987 · 136 hours before
- Airport
- Ag Strip
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 8,328 total · 2,600 in this make and model · 8,328 as pilot in command · 136 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAC, 17 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.