ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353272
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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1999 |
| Time: | 12:50 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-502 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4533H |
| MSN: | 502-0105 |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6A-15AG |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cherry Valley, AR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The agricultural airplane stalled and impacted terrain after the pilot prematurely pulled the airplane off the ground during the takeoff roll to avoid colliding with a truck that entered the airstrip. The pilot reported that the elevated dirt airstrip was also used as an access road. The hopper was filled with a load of rice seed to be dispensed on a nearby field, and the airplane had been topped off with fuel. The airplane's takeoff ground roll for the previous flight had been much shorter due to the lighter load and cooler temperature. The 14,232-hour pilot reported that soon after the tail wheel came off the ground, he observed a white pickup entering the airstrip/road. The driver of the pickup truck, who was also the farmer whose fields were being seeded, had observed previous takeoffs, but was not aware of how the airplane was loaded for this flight.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadvertent stall due to his evasive maneuver to avoid colliding with a truck on the runway. A factor was the runway incursion by the truck.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW99LA152
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 October 1996 | N4533H | Private | 0 | Idalou, TX | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Mar-2024 12:15 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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