- Date
- July 27, 1986, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Davenport, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9975JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860727035319A
- Case key
- 34221
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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.
Analysis
The ag pilot was spraying a field when he impacted powerlines which removed the upper one-third of the vertical stab and rudder. On landing he groundlooped and collapsed the right main gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9975J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803904T
- Airframe hours
- 1,525
- Engine
- Continental TSIO520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Laverty Sprayers,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 18, 1986
- Departed
- Bennett, IA
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,966 total · 1,955 in this make and model · 4,744 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N9975J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.