19900322005249A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-36-375 · Temple, OK · March 22, 1990

Date
March 22, 1990 · 16:15 local
Place
Temple, OK
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
TDAG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2331X
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW90DPJ03
Reported as
Piper PA36375
Reported engine
Lycoming IO720D1C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,993 total3,369 in this make and model63 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.

Lost aileron control while crop spraying. Crashed in nose and wing low altitude. Aileron torque tube bolt had failed

As the FAA filed it

LOST AILERON CONTROL WHILE CROP SPRAYING. CRASHED IN NOSE AND WING LOW ALTITUDE.AILERON TORQUE TUBE BOLT HAD FAILED

NTSB investigation

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