ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 45818
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| Date: | Friday 13 July 2001 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Ayres S-2R Thrush |
| Owner/operator: | Craigmont Air Service |
| Registration: | N5011X |
| MSN: | 5044R |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7782 hours |
| Engine model: | Curtis Wright 1820-71 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nez Perce, ID -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Craigmont, ID (S89) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
When the aircraft did not return from an aerial application flight, a search of the area began. The aircraft was located in an open flat to rolling wheat field about two miles from the airport. Impact signatures indicate that the aircraft collided with the terrain in a nose low attitude. A local resident who knew the pilot and aircraft reported that she observed the aircraft headed to the southwest and that "he (the pilot) wasn't flying right..." and that "...he was slowly descending and his right wing would dip down then up then down then up. His plane was never flying steady like normal." No evidence of a mechanical failure or malfunction was found. No evidence of pilot incapacitation was found.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20010716X01438&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 10-Dec-2017 11:49 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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