Cessna T188C N2834J

Summary

On 22 July 1983 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna T188C registered N2834J was involved in an accident near Bozeman, Montana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 July 1983 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Bozeman, Montana, United States

Coordinates

45.7703, -110.9291

Aircraft

Cessna T188C

Registration

N2834J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83LA172

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT SETTLED INTO TREES AFTER THE ENGINE LOST POWER DURING A SWATH RUN. THE FLT HAD BEEN IN PROGRESS FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. THE PLT STARTED THE 4TH RUN AND THE ACFT STARTED TO SETTLE. THE PLT DUMPED THE LOAD BUT DID NOT TOUCH THE THROTTLE OR MIXTURE. HE HAD SET THE THROTTLE AND MIXTURE FOR THE OPERATION AND TIGHTENED THE FRICTION ADJUSTMENT. THE MIXTURE HAD BEEN LEANED TO PEAK TEMPERATURE AND THEN ENRICHED SO THE CYL HEAD TEMP WAS PEAK TEMP MINUS 125 DEGREES. THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE WAS 32 INCHES AND THE PROP SET AT 2400 RPM THE PILOT WAS ASKED ABOUT HIS USE OR POWER AND MIXTURE AND HE SAID HE DID NOT MOVE OR ADJUST THEM FROM THE TIME HE SET THEM AFTER INITIAL LEVELOFF UNTIL GROUND IMPACT. HE SAIDTHAT AFTER THE ACCIDENT THESE CONTROLS WERE IN A NORMAL FLT POSITION. THE PILOT WAS WEARING A HELMET AND SAID IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR THE ENGINE TO STOP AND HIM NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR IT. FROM THE CONDITION OF THE PROPELLER IT WAS DETERMINEDTHAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT PRODUCING POWER AT IMPACT. DURING INSPECTION, NOTHING WAS FOUND WRONG WITH THE POWERPLANT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.