ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235412
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 April 2020 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-602 |
| Owner/operator: | Central Farmers Flying Service |
| Registration: | N653LA |
| MSN: | 602-0653 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9550 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60AG |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mamou, Evangeline Parish, LA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Mamou, LA |
| Mamou, LA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that the turf airstrip had a "sunken area," which created a "ramp." During takeoff, the airplane encountered this portion of the airstrip and became "airborne prematurely." The airplane subsequently settled into ground effect; however, the left wing impacted a small tree near the end of the runway, and the airplane then pitched "downward and left," and the airplane was unable to maintain altitude. The airplane impacted a field off the end of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The airplane's encounter with a sunken area during takeoff from a turf runway, which resulted in the airplane becoming prematurely airborne and impacting a tree and then terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 April 2017 | N653LA | Central Farmers Flying Service | 0 | Vidrine, LA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Apr-2020 20:06 | Geno | Added |
| 22-Apr-2020 20:20 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Apr-2020 05:08 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jul-2020 12:38 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 01-Mar-2021 19:32 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2021 14:52 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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