20030514013159A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT-602 · Benkelman, NE · May 14, 2003

Date: May 14, 2003 · 16:30 local
Place: Benkelman, NE
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: PPVG
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N5192T
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI03LA124
Reported as: Airtrc AT602
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,500 total900 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N5192TRegistered now · Air Tractor AT-602S/N 602-0527 Airframe modelAir Tractor AT-602 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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(-23) On last pass to finish the spray load, the pilot allowed the right wing boom to become entangled with the wheat crop causing the aircraft to impact the ground. At the initial impact, the aircraft pitched over causing the prop to impact the terrain spinning the aircraft 90 degrees. The aircraft continued to slide for approximately 100 feet before it turned another 90 degrees coming to rest approximately 400 feet from the initial contact point at 180 degrees from the direction of flight. The pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured and the aircraft was substantially damaged. Damage consisted of the propeller, left wing flap, all of the right wing, the aft fuselage and empennage, the vertical stabilizer, the horizontal stabilizer, elevator and rudder.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON LAST PASS TO FINISH THE SPRAY LOAD, THE PILOT ALLOWED THE RIGHT WING BOOM TO BECOME ENTANGLED WITH THE WHEAT CROP CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO IMPACT THE GROUND. AT THE INITIAL IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED OVER CAUSING THE PROP TO IMPACT THE TERRAIN SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT 90 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET BEFORE IT TURNED ANOTHER 90 DEGREES COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET FROM THE INITIAL CONTACT POINT AT 180 DEGREES FROM THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF THE PROPELLER, LEFT WING FLAP, ALL OF THE RIGHT WING, THE AFT FUSELAGE AND EMPENNAGE, THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ELEVATOR AND RUDDER.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB CHI03LA124Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBenkelman, NEThe pilot's failure to maintain altitude clearance while maneuvering. Contributing factors were the wheat crop and the ground.May 14, 2003 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N5192T · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20090629009809AManeuver · Knobel, AROn June 29, 2009, at approximately 1859 CDT, N5192T, a AT-602, was operating a FAR 137 agricultural aircraft operation, near Knobel, Arkansas. The commercial pilot reported the loss of power while executing a turn. The pilot made the decision to make an off…Jun 29, 2009 · Substantial damage