ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294391
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Date: | Wednesday 13 October 2004 |
Time: | 16:50 LT |
Type: | Air Tractor AT-301 |
Owner/operator: | Anf Air Service Inc. |
Registration: | N8886S |
MSN: | 301-0227 |
Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Coahoma, Texas -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | BIG SPRING, TX (21XS) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:While spraying cotton for boll weevil eradication, the airplane developed a vibration. Thinking that the spray pump was about to sling a blade, the 3,600-hour commercial pilot elected to make a precautionary landing on a gravel road. After touch down the pilot was unable to maintain directional control and departed the right side of the road. The right wheel then contacted a dirt embankment and the airplane turned sharply to the right, resulting in the collapse of the left main landing gear. The airplane came to rest, upright, in a ditch. The winds were reported from 140 degrees at 6 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for landing.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DFW05CA003 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB DFW05CA003
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