ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 368951
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| Date: | Monday 10 April 1989 |
| Time: | 09:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna A188B |
| Owner/operator: | Yellowstone Air Service |
| Registration: | N731XG |
| MSN: | 18803233T |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2469 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rapelje, MT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | (NONE) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE COMMERCIAL AG PLT WAS OPERATING A SINGLE PLACE CESSNA 188 FROM A ROAD NEAR RAPELJE, MT. THE PLT ESTIMATED THE WINDS FROM THE WEST AT 5 KTS, GUSTING TO 12 KTS. DURING A LANDING TO THE NORTH TO RELOAD WITH FERTILIZER, A GUST OF WIND STRUCK THE ACFT AND THE PLT SAID HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE ACFT DEPARTED THE ROAD TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK A DITCH, DAMAGING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND LEFT WING.
Probable Cause: THE INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR THE WIND CONDITIONS BY THE PILOT WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WITH A DITCH.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN89LA106
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 24-Mar-2024 09:15 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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