# NTSB SEA87LA114: Cessna T-188C, N9795J, Yerington, NV, June 13, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 13, 1987, 06:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place: Yerington, NV
- Coordinates: 38.870964, -119.140808 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8710&lon=-119.1408&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40639
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40639/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA114

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9795J-1991-03-27), registration cancelled 1991-03-27, S/N T18803857T (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T-188C
- Registry model: [Cessna T188C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (registry code 2073012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T19903857T
- Airframe hours: 1201
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870613020339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870613020339A), Jun 13, 1987: Cessna T188C, Yerington, NV, Destroyed. Wheel caught in tall grain during a swath run. Aircraft flipped inverted.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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