20031113033219A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT-301 · San Angelo, TX · November 13, 2003

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal NTSB investigation search

Date: November 13, 2003 · 14:00 local
Place: San Angelo, TX
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: HR0G
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N1361E
Reported as: Airtrc AT301
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,169 total2,850 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

N1361ERegistration cancelled Nov 23, 2005 · Air Tractor AT-301S/N 301-0205 · Built 1979 Airframe modelAir Tractor AT-301 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 seriesReciprocating

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.

(-23) During take off from a dirt strip the aircraft got airborne and then settled back to the surface. The PIC applied full flaps, the aircraft got airborne long enough to clear trees at the end of the strip and began to settle again. The PIC dumped the chemical load and again the aircraft settled back to the surface. The left wing hit the ground and the aircraft spun around to the left tearing off the gear and folded the empennage. The pilot had been taking off in this direction all day but believes that the wind had shifted around due to an approaching wx front. The airstrip has no wind sock. This investigation is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING TAKE OFF FROM A DIRT STRIP THE AIRCRAFT GOT AIRBORNE AND THEN SETTLED BACK TO THE SURFACE. THE PIC APPLIED FULL FLAPS, THE AIRCRAFT GOT AIRBORNE LONG ENOUGH TO CLEAR TREES AT THE END OF THE STRIP AND BEGAN TO SETTLE AGAIN. THE PIC DUMPED THE CHEMICAL LOAD AND AGAIN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK TO THE SURFACE. THE LEFT WING HIT THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND TO THE LEFT TEARING OFF THE GEAR AND FOLDED THE EMPENNAGE. THE PILOT HAD BEEN TAKING OFF IN THIS DIRECTION ALL DAY BUT BELIEVES THAT THE WIND HAD SHIFTED AROUND DUE TO AN APPROACHING WX FRONT. THE AIRSTRIP HAS NO WIND SOCK. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

Other reports on N1361E · 1

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

Accident 19850517017949AFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Anahuac, TXEngine power loss during swath run turn. Struck powerlines, dirt bank and flipped over during landing.May 17, 1985 · Substantial damage