- Date
- July 3, 1991, 21:00 local (Jul 4, 1991, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Riverton, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2070JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910703025779A
- Case key
- 41465
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Probable cause
The pilot did not maintain adequate terrain clearance. A factor to the accident was: poor inflight planning/preparation.
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
During an aerial application flight, the airplane struck rising terrain in the vicinity of the field that was being sprayed at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2070J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803360T
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Dakota Ag Service, doing business as Wind River Ag
- Registered owner
- Dakota Ag Service
- Departed
- Riverton, WY
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,858 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 2,766 as pilot in command · 154 in the last 90 days · 83 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N2070J · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.