# Accident 19970801021259A: Poor Boys Toys EXEC 90, Patricia, TX, August 1, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1997, 07:40 local time
- Place: Patricia, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7291° N, 101.9499° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7291&lon=-101.9499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N596PB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N596PB-2017-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Poor Boys Toys EXEC 90 (registry code 05603IT, https://openairdocs.org/model/poor-boys-toys-exec-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA300) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970801021259A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

EXPERIMENTAL ROTOCRAFT HOVERED INTO CROPS DURING AERIAL FIELD SURVEY AND EXPERIENCED DYNAMIC ROLLOVER. (-23) WHILE PILOT WAS SURVEYING CROPS IN A HOVER CONFIGURATION, HE STATED THAT HE MOMENTARILY LOOKED AT THE GAGES. WHILE HIS ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED, HE ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT LANDING SKID TO CONTACT THE CROPS CAUSING A DYNAMIC ROLLOVER. NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW97LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA300), Aug 1, 1997: Poor Boys Toys Exec 90 (N596PB), Patricia, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain terrain clearance with the crops during a surveying flight. A factor was the pilots diverted attention.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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