- Date
- May 7, 1987, 06:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place
- Harper, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5609JCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870507014029A
- Case key
- 34262
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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 pilot was preparing to spray a wheatfield. During the second 1/3 of procedural turnaround, the aircraft struck powerlines, then the ground. The aircraft was destroyed by post-impact fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5609J
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-559
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Midwest Ag.,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Lynn E. Bebermeyer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- 8K2 · Harper, KS
- Airport
- 8K2 · Harper Municipal
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,605 total · 950 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- 1
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 N5609J · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.