ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 133094
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can
submit corrected information.
Date: | Friday 11 August 1995 |
Time: | 06:45 |
Type: | Air Tractor AT-301 |
Owner/operator: | Tate Flying Service |
Registration: | N4398S |
MSN: | 301-0058 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4850 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Cannon Afb, NM -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | CVS |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:On August 11, 1995, at 0645 mountain daylight time (all times in this report will remain in mountain daylight time), an Air Tractor AT-301, N4398S, collided with terrain while maneuvering near Cannon AFB, New Mexico. The commercial pilot was not injured; however, the airplane was destroyed. The airplane, was operated by Tate Spraying Service under Title 14 CFR Part 137. The flight originated from Clovis, New Mexico, at 0630. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local aerial application flight and a flight plan was not filed.
On the enclosed Pilot/Operator Report, the pilot stated that he was making a "spray turn when after making my downwind turn I was turning back upwind, I retracted my flaps to [too] early and it caused the plane to stall." Subsequently, the airplane impacted "flat into the ground." The pilot reported winds from 180 degrees at 4 knots.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, examined the site and reported that the leading edges of both wings were crushed inward to the wing spars. The fuselage and empennage came to rest upright and the engine was separated from the airframe.
PROBABLE CAUSE:THE INADVERTENT STALL. A FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S PREMATURE RETRACTION OF THE FLAPS.
Sources:
NTSB id 20001207X04238
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation