ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 288779
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| Date: | Monday 24 October 2011 |
| Time: | 11:10 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-301 |
| Owner/operator: | Terrys Ag Service Inc |
| Registration: | N3169C |
| MSN: | 301-0568 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Engine model: | P&W R1340 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McAlpin, Florida -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Branford, FL (0FL1) |
| Branford, FL (0FL1) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, he had successfully completed six aerial application passes below transmission lines that ran diagonally above a rectangular agricultural field. The pilot had also successfully completed 11 or 12 similar application flights over the same field during previous years, including 1 earlier that month. As the pilot turned the airplane toward its seventh pass, sun position and spray residue on the windshield resulted in his briefly losing sight of the transmission lines. The pilot regained sight of the transmission lines and continued the pass; however, the airplane struck the lines, damaging the wing spar. The pilot did not report any preexisting mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot's misjudgment of the airplane's distance from known transmission lines.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA12CA050
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2022 05:54 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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