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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Airpts A9B · Cloverdale, OH · July 2, 1996

Date
July 2, 1996 · 20:00 local
Place
Cloverdale, OH
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
HCFG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7730V
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD96LA103
Reported as
Airpts A9B
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540G1C5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total1,000 in this make and model180 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.

Lost fuel pressure on pullup from spray run. Engine quit. Dumped load hit trees. No mechanical. (-23) the pilot reported, during an agriculture application, the low fuel pressure light came on and the engine lost power. The aircraft crashed between two trees, after gliding over a line of trees into a second line of trees. The left wing separated from the aircraft with additional extensive damage to the engine and fuselage due to post accident fire.

As the FAA filed it

LOST FUEL PRESSURE ON PULLUP FROM SPRAY RUN. ENGINE QUIT. DUMPED LOAD HIT TREES. NO MECHANICAL. (-23) THE PILOT REPORTED, DURING AN AGRICULTURE APPLICATION, THE LOW FUEL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED BETWEEN TWO TREES, AFTER GLIDING OVER A LINE OF TREES INTO A SECOND LINE OF TREES. THE LEFT WING SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT WITH ADDITIONAL EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND FUSELAGE DUE TO POST ACCIDENT 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.