ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 41357
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 September 1995 |
| Time: | 08:25 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna U206G |
| Owner/operator: | U.s. Dept. Of Agriculture |
| Registration: | N6355U |
| MSN: | 05446 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7987 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-520-F23B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dos Palos, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Shafter, CA (KMIT) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was on contract to the USDA to dispense sterile Bullworm moths over selected farm fields. The pilot was required to fly at 500 feet agl and 110 knots. A pilot-rated passenger was carried on this flight so that the pilot could evaluate him for possible employment. Ground witnesses first observed the aircraft in a nose-down attitude spinning through an altitude of 500 feet agl. After two turns the aircraft stopped spinning, but continued descending in a nose-down attitude to ground impact. The aircraft crashed between two planned dispensing points in flat open farm land under VFR conditions with moderate temperatures and mild winds. Both occupants held commercial pilot certificates, were current in the aircraft, and had previously flown together on similar flights. Both pilots sustained hand/arm injuries consistent with control manipulation at impact. Both occupants were found outside the aircraft, the pilot on the right side and the pilot-rated passenger on the left. The aircraft was found to be properly loaded with no evidence found of in-flight mechanical, electrical, or structural failures/malfunctions.
Probable Cause: the pilot-in-command's failure to assure that adequate airspeed was maintained.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX95GA334
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 12-Nov-2022 02:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Apr-2024 12:04 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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