# Incident 19990706008389I: Gulstm CALLAIRB1A, Clayton, LA, July 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1999, 09:45 local time
- Place: Clayton, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.7222° N, 91.5346° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clayton, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7222&lon=-91.5346&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7280V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7280V-2013-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander CALLAIR B-1A (registry code 0144308, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-callair-b-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM CALLAIRB1A
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 300 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990706008389I

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS INVOLVED IN AERIAL APPLICATION WHEN THE CONTROLS LOCKED UP, THE PILOT USED FORCE TO FREE THE CONTROLS, BUT NOT BEFORE THE ACFT STRUCK THE GROUND, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE MANIPULATED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS TO THE "FULL RIGHT" AND DOWN POSITION. THE CONTROLS LOCKED UP AND THE PILOT USED FORCE TO FREE THE CONTROLS BUT NOT IN TIME BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND. PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 80 KNOTS WHEN AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND. PILOT WAS ABLE TO GET AIRCRAFT BACK AIRBORNE. AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS BROKEN OFF. PILOT DUMPED CHEMICAL AND FUEL AND PULLED AIRCRAFT BREAKERS AND ALSO SHUT OFF FUEL PRIOR TO LANDING. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT INCLUDING DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.