ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237014
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| Date: | Friday 12 June 2020 |
| Time: | 13:20 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna T188C AG Husky |
| Owner/operator: | AgraTech Inc |
| Registration: | N2085J |
| MSN: | T18803375T |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7294 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McCurtain, OK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Stigler, OK (GZL) |
| Stigler, OK (GZL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot was conducting an aerial application flight to a field that had a small hill on the north side. After the completion of the second pass, the pilot maneuvered the airplane out of the field to turn away from the hill and to get turned around for another pass. Upon starting the turn back towards the field, the pilot realized that he had not allowed adequate space to perform the turn given the airplane's "current load and environmental conditions." The pilot leveled the wings and attempted to fly over the hill; however, the airplane
encountered an aerodynamic stall about 30 ft above ground level and subsequently impacted trees and rocky terrain. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, the left wing, and the empennage. The pilot reported there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause and Findings
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot's failure to maintain the proper airspeed during a low altitude aerial application maneuver and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodymanic stall at too low of an altiutde to recover.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.poteaudailynews.com/content/plane-hits-tree-while-spraying-herbicide-pilot-treated-release-local-hospital
FAA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 July 2010 | N2085J | Swing Wings, Inc. | 0 | Montezuma, Indiana | |
sub |
| Gear collapse | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2020 01:51 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 02-Mar-2021 20:47 | harro | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 01-Apr-2021 16:08 | harro | Updated [Date] |
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