- Date
- June 13, 1987, 06:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Yerington, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9795JCessna T-188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870613020339A
- Case key
- 40639
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 object
Clearance - misjudgedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While on an aerial application swath run the pilot allowed the aircraft landing gear to contact the grain crop, resulting in loss of airspeed, uncontrolled descent, impact with the ground and nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9795J
- Reported as
- Cessna T-188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T19903857T
- Airframe hours
- 1,201
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ag-Air
- Registered owner
- Robert M. Nish
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 23, 1987 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- O43 · Yerington, NV
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,606 total · 571 in this make and model · 1,508 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NFL, 40 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.