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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT-502 · Clovis, NM · August 15, 1991

Date
August 15, 1991 · 19:41 local
Place
Clovis, NM
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
RPBG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4535K
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN91LA114
Reported as
Airtrc AT502
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A34
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,700 total560 in this make and model200 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.

Struck a dirt berm on a spray run. Impact caused engine fire. Dumped load,landed and aircraft destroyed by fire.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A DIRT BERM ON A SPRAY RUN. IMPACT CAUSED ENGINE FIRE. DUMPED LOAD,LANDED AND AIRCRAFT DESTROYED BY FIRE.

NTSB investigation

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