ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 45084
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| Date: | Friday 12 September 2003 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-502B |
| Owner/operator: | Tate Spraying Service, Inc. |
| Registration: | N61353 |
| MSN: | 502B-0366 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4500 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Farwell, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Clovis, NM |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While maneuvering during an aerial application flight, the airplane pitched up into a nose high "almost vertical" attitude, stalled, and impacted the terrain. A witness stated, "the airplane was executing maneuvers like that of an air show, when the pilot pulls [the airplane] straight up and comes straight down." No anomalies were noted with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation prior to impact.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20030915X01541&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 08-Dec-2017 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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