19870721039729A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT-301 · Santa Rosa, TX · July 21, 1987

Date
July 21, 1987 · 08:45 local
Place
Santa Rosa, TX
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
EXUG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4407S
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW87DRG04
Reported as
Airtrc AT301
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,200 total1,000 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

The aircraft hit a wire during agricultural spray operations. The pilot misjudged distance from the static line.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT HIT A WIRE DURING AGRICULTURAL SPRAY OPERATIONS. THE PILOT MISJUDGED DISTANCE FROM THE STATIC LINE.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N4407S · 1

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