ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 293751
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 May 2005 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-402A |
| Owner/operator: | Runsick Flying Service |
| Registration: | N198AS |
| MSN: | AT402A-1053 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2582 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PT6A-11 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cherry Valley, Arkansas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Cherry Valley, AR |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The 1,931-hour commercial pilot departed on his twenty-first flight of the day from a 2,200-foot-long and 70-foot-wide grass runway with a 22 knot tailwind. The airplane was loaded with less fuel and the same amount of fertilizer as the previous twenty flights, but the wind velocity had steadily increased throughout the day. The pilot said the airplane became airborne approximately 1,800 to 1,900 feet down the runway, but stayed in ground effect and subsequently struck two levees before it crossed a gravel road and impacted a ditch. The airplane eventually came to rest in a bean field. He said, "The tailwind and the load probably caused the airplane not to climb." The pilot also said that he did not calculate any take off performance data prior to departure.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to calculate take off-distance performance data, which resulted in insufficient runway length for take off. Factors were the tailwind and high gross weight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DFW05CA131
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2022 13:03 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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