ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 387255
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| Date: | Thursday 21 September 2000 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164B Ag-Cat |
| Owner/operator: | Vince Crop Dusters |
| Registration: | N3626T |
| MSN: | 722B |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Corcoran, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Corcoran, CA |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane veered into a cotton field during takeoff from a dirt canal bank. During refueling, Jet A fuel was spilled on the windshield. The pilot cleaned the windshield and attempted a takeoff. Residual fuel started collecting on the windshield and he aborted the takeoff. He cleaned the windshield more thoroughly and attempted a second takeoff. As the airplane reached flying speed, fluid once again collected on the windshield and obscured his vision. He was departing to the east into the rising sun and lost his forward visual reference. He said there was not sufficient runway remaining to reject the takeoff, therefore he continued. The airplane gained less than 5 feet of altitude and drifted about 20 degrees left. The airplane collided with cotton plants about 2 feet tall, and continued about 300 feet through the field before coming to rest. The right main gear and spray boom separated, and the upper wing partially separated.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and his failure to maintain directional control during takeoff. Factors were the pilot's failure to ensure that the fuel tank cover was replaced properly, fuel contamination of the windscreen, and the sun angle that obscured the pilot's vision.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX00LA344
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 February 2009 | N3626T | Vince Crop Dusters, Inc. | 0 | Buttonwillow, California | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-May-2024 07:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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