ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353063
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 July 1999 |
| Time: | 12:40 LT |
| Type: |  Weatherly 620B |
| Owner/operator: | West River Aerial, Inc. |
| Registration: | N350WR |
| MSN: | 1612 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1340 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R-985-AN-1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Timber Lake, SD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | (D58) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aerial spraying aircraft was loaded with 270 gallons of solution and was attempting to takeoff from the Timber Lake Airport on Runway 17 (2,400 feet by 120 feet, dry/turf). The density altitude at the time was 3,680 feet and a weather reporting station, located 30 miles and 075 degrees magnetic from the accident site, was reporting calm winds. According to the South Dakota Airport Directory, the Timber Lake Airport has a second turf runway (Runway 12/30) that is 3,300 feet long and 150 feet wide. The aircraft lifted off and then settled back onto the runway. The aircraft lifted off again and then struck a fence. The pilot stated that he decided to continue and started to dump the load of chemicals that he was carrying. The aircraft then struck another fence and posts and came to rest in a road east of the airport. The pilot stated that he did not believe that there were any problems with the aircraft. In his statement, the pilot wrote, '... what I wish I would have done is taken off on the other runway or not have filled her quite as full.' A post accident examination revealed no mechanical anomalies.
Probable Cause: the pilots selection of the shorter runway and his failure to abort the takeoff. Factors to the accident were the high density altitude, the fence and the fence posts.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI99LA214
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 June 2013 | N350WR | Air Kraft Spraying Inc | 1 | East of Ludlow, South Dakota | |
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| Loss of control | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Mar-2024 09:57 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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