ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198817
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| Date: | Thursday 20 May 2010 |
| Time: | 18:10 |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-301 |
| Owner/operator: | Rusty's Flying Service |
| Registration: | N3159D |
| MSN: | 301-0471 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10129 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-1-151A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | D'Hanis, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | D'Hanis, TX (4TS8) |
| D'Hanis, TX (4TS8) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While departing from his home field for an aerial application flight, the airplane was not able to get airborne and collided with several fences at the end of the runway. The pilot realized that he had left the flaps in the up position. Both wings sustained substantial rearward crushing. The pilot and operator reported no deficiencies with the airplane prior to the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to properly set the airplane's flaps prior to takeoff.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 April 1989 | N3159D | S.eastern Aerial Crop Svc. | 0 | Fort Pierce, FL | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Aug-2017 15:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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