ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 368010
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| Date: | Thursday 14 September 1989 |
| Time: | 09:00 LT |
| Type: |  Ayres S-2R Thrush |
| Owner/operator: | Schmit Robert, Schmit Doug |
| Registration: | N4977X |
| MSN: | 5022R |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2386 hours |
| Engine model: | WRIGHT R-1820-97 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Yuma, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT BACK TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT'S MAIN GEAR DUG INTO SOFT DIRT ALONGSIDE THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP INVERTED. THE DRY GRAVEL RUNWAY WAS 60 FEET WIDE AND THE WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED.
Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER LANDING ON A DRY GRAVEL RUNWAY.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX89DUJ10
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 March 1994 | N4977X | Schmit Aviation, Inc. | 0 | Tacna, AZ | |
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| 23-Mar-2024 06:13 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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