ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 286135
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| Date: | Sunday 27 April 2008 |
| Time: | 07:30 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-502 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1519U |
| MSN: | 502-0154 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-15 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Waitsburg, Washington -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Waitsburg, WA |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After arriving at the steep hillside field to which he was going to apply chemicals, the pilot maneuvered at low level over the field in an attempt to determine the best pattern to fly to accomplish the job. During that process he inadvertently allowed the airplane to get into a position from which it was not able to climb over the rising terrain. Although he dumped his chemical load and leveled the airplanes wings, the airplane impacted the terrain about 75 feet below the top of a ridge.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the terrain while maneuvering at low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the rising terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA08CA113
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 August 2021 | N1519U | Carlson Production Services LLC | 0 | South of Wayne County Airport (BJJ/KBJJ), Wooster, OH | |
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| Collision with pole or wires | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Oct-2022 05:50 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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