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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Airpts A9B · Argyle, MN · August 4, 1986

Date
August 4, 1986 · 11:55 local
Place
Argyle, MN
Airport
Argyle
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7617V
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI86FER16
Reported as
Airpts A9B
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540G1C5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
425 total40 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The spray plane lost lift during a spray run and impacted the ground. The pilot failed to anticipate a downdraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE SPRAY PLANE LOST LIFT DURING A SPRAY RUN AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE PILOT FAILED TO ANTICIPATE A DOWNDRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.