ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 286912
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| Date: | Friday 12 June 2009 |
| Time: | 09:15 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-36-285 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N57625 |
| MSN: | 36-7660022 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-720 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Clark, South Dakota -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Clark, SD (8D7) |
| Clark, SD | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aerial application pilot reported that he was setting navigational equipment while en route to a field to spray. He stated that he became fixated on the unit. He said, 'at the end of the field was a levy with a road on top of it. I noticed this too late and impacted the landing gear of the aircraft at the top of the levy. The airplane continued to fly and I knew I had hit something.†Review of photographs of the airplane showed that structural tubing was torn away from the fuselage tubing and the torn structure remained attached to the separated landing gear.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate visual lookout and failure to maintain clearance from a levy.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN09CA616
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2022 18:00 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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