ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363882
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| Date: | Friday 3 April 1992 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Snow S2C |
| Owner/operator: | Murphy Flying Service, Inc. |
| Registration: | N1619S |
| MSN: | 1167C |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Engine model: | P&W R-985 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Roby, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE PRACTICING AERIAL APPLICATION MANEUVERS WITH WATER IN THE HOPPER, HE ALLOWED THE AIRSPEED TO DECAY IN A TURN AND THE AIRPLANE STALLED AT LOW ALTITUDE. HE ADDED POWER AND DUMPED THE LOAD, HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE MAIN GEAR SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK A DIRT MOUND AND COLLAPSED.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT STALL OF THE AIRPLANE WHILE MANEUVERING AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF CONTROL.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW92LA103
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 May 1997 | N1619S | Rusty Lindeman | 0 | Hondo, TX | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 07:09 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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