ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237045
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 June 2020 |
| Time: | 06:30 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-502B |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N879JA |
| MSN: | 502B-2879 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2338 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34AG |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Atmore, Escambia County, AL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Atmore, AL |
| Atmore, AL | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot's spouse, he departed earlier on the morning of the accident to dispense two small 'loads" of aerial application. On his return home, he called and asked her to come outside of their residence to watch the airplane fly over. She said that the airplane flew over the house before making a climb straight up. The airplane then banked to the left, rolled right, descended straight down, and she heard a loud "boom" shortly thereafter.
Two witnesses who were fishing on a nearby lake saw the airplane flying below the tree line before it climbed straight up. They stated that the airplane rolled and descended straight down nose-first. They heard a "loud thud" and then silence.
Examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any preimpact anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
It is likely that the pilot exceeded the airplane's critical angle of attack while maneuvering at low altitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and spin and loss of control.
Probable Cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack while maneuvering at low altitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, spin, and loss of control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA20LA217
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 May 2015 | N879JA | Jordan Air, Inc. | 0 | Near Dighton Airport (K65), Dighton, KS | |
sub |
| Fuel contamination | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2020 19:12 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 17-Jun-2020 12:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2020 07:01 | rvargast17 | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 03-Mar-2021 10:34 | harro | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 24-Jun-2022 14:43 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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