ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178192
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| Date: | Saturday 5 June 2004 |
| Time: | 10:15 |
| Type: |  Snow S-2C |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9492R |
| MSN: | 1132C |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-985 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near La Feria, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Blue Town, TX |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Upon completion of an aerial application pass on a cotton field, the 10,000-hour pilot initiated a turn to reverse direction to the cotton field for another run. Subsequently, the spray boom on the bottom of the right wing impacted a pipe stand that was hidden by vegetation and tall grass.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the obstacle while maneuvering to perform an aerial application. A contributing factor was the high vegetation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040617X00826&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 September 1998 | N9492R | Rhodes Crop Care Inc. | 0 | Bovina, TX | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Aug-2015 15:27 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 18:03 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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