ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 242828
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| Date: | Monday 30 May 2005 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-401 |
| Owner/operator: | TAE-Trabajos Aéreos Espejo |
| Registration: | EC-EJF |
| MSN: | 401-0685T |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pozoblanco (Córdoba) -
 Spain
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CIAIAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On May 30, 2005, the Air Tractor AT-401 aircraft, registration EC-EJF, had loaded a quantity of 500 kg of a pesticide product for agricultural application and 350 l of fuel to carry out the treatment of a nearby farm.
The terrain of the temporary runway from which the aircraft was operating was compacted but with stands of grass along its 600 m length. The runway could only be used in a W-E direction, since in the other direction a power line made it unusable. At the time of starting the activity, the sky was overcast and the wind was variable with NW gusts of about 16 kt speed.
The aircraft started the takeoff run and, shortly before reaching the end of the runway, the pilot realized that he did not have enough speed to take off safely. Aided by a small depression in the terrain at the extension of the runway and, without getting airborne, the pilot activated the emergency release and managed to climb some 200 m, but without managing to climb, and ended up colliding with the landing gear and the left wing tip against a stone fence enclosing a farm.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CIAIAC Ref. A-021/2005
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 24-Sep-2020 08:01 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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