ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 354512
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| Date: | Thursday 7 May 1998 |
| Time: | 08:06 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-402 |
| Owner/operator: | Hutchersonflying Service Inc. |
| Registration: | N91660 |
| MSN: | 402-0903 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2660 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Forrest City, AR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | (KFCY) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The agricultural airplane impacted a levee while spraying herbicides on a rice field. According to the pilot, after completing 6 passes over the field, the drifting chemicals covered the windshield. The pilot stated that he used the airplane's window washer; however, the washer was ineffective in clearing the chemicals from the windshield. On the next pass, while travelling from west to east into the rising sun, the main landing gear of the airplane collided with a rice levee. The pilot added that the propeller was damaged and the landing gear was torn off by the impact. Subsequent to the propeller impact with the levee, the engine lost power and the airplane landed on a vacant field across the road from the field being sprayed, coming to rest in the upright position.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with terrain. Factors were the sunglare and the pilot's restriction to visibility due to chemicals on the windshield.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW98LA205
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 May 2002 | N91660 | Hutcherson Flying Service | 0 | Hughes, Arkansas | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 11-Mar-2024 15:20 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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