- Date
- July 26, 1973
- Place
- Sublette, KS · SUBLETTE, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5685JCessna 188A
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730726022319A
- Case key
- 189539
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2017 73/7/26 NR.SUBLETTE,KANS CESSNA 188A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1979 TIME - 2030 N5685J PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 484 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUBLETTE,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1500 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- ACFT R WING HIT GROWING CORN ALONGSIDE RWY ACFT VEERED INTO DITCH.UNLTD RWY,BUGS ON WINDSHIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5685J
- Reported as
- Cessna 188A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5685J · 1
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