ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34578
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Date: | Saturday 26 June 1993 |
Time: | 14:20 |
Type: | Air Tractor AT-502 |
Owner/operator: | Shores Ag Air |
Registration: | N1504Q |
MSN: | 502-0141 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1527 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Petronila, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | Robstown, TX (XS66) |
Destination airport: | (XS66) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED DURING SEVERAL SWATH RUNS AND TURN-AROUND MANUEVERS, AS IT WAS MAKING STEEPER TURNS AND CLIMBING HIGHER WITH EACH TURN-AROUND. AT ABOUT 300 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED ROLLING TO AN INVERTED POSITION. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE PILOT STARTED TO PULL THE AIRPLANE OUT OF THE MANEUVER, BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED FLAT, WHILE STILL IN A STEEP DESCENT ANGLE. CAUSE: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED, WHILE MANEUVERING, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: HIS LACK OF ALTITUDE FOR RECOVERY FROM THE STALL.
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001211X12607 Revision history:
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