ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356740
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 September 1996 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-301 |
| Owner/operator: | Foshee Spraying Service, Inc. |
| Registration: | N3166H |
| MSN: | 301-0549 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4188 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R-1340-AN1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Meadow, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Brownfield, TX (Q26) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, he arrived at the field and made a complete circuit of the job to locate all wires. The pilot stated that there were large east-west power lines on the north edge of the field and small east-west wires along the south end of the flat field. The pilot flew the first application swath south bound by flying under large wires, across the field, and over small wires on the south end of the field. He then turned the airplane around for the second swath and reversed the application pattern. On the north end of the field, the airplane's vertical stabilizer hit the large wires, destroying the fin and removing the rudder. The pilot reported that the airplane would only fly in a circle, so he dumped the plane's load and performed a forced landing to a cotton field.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the transmission wire. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW96LA371
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 June 2008 | N3166H | Anf Air Service, Inc. | 0 | Garwood, TX | |
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| 13-Mar-2024 10:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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