ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 43187
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| Date: | Monday 12 July 1999 |
| Time: | 10:40 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-502 |
| Owner/operator: | Queen Bee Air Specialities,inc |
| Registration: | N90807 |
| MSN: | 502-0191 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3642 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6A-34 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shelley, ID -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Rigby, ID |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Witnesses observed the cropduster execute a second pass to a potato field from east to west. During the pull-up the aircraft failed to clear a bank of deciduous trees. Broken tree limbs and a portion of the aircraft's spray boom were found immediately west of the tree line. The aircraft impacted the ground approximately 0.15 miles further west of the tree line.
Probable Cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain adequate clearance with obstacles. A contributing factor were the trees.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA99LA114
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 14-Dec-2017 08:40 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2024 19:17 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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