20051110027749A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT-502B · Osceola, AR · November 10, 2005

Date
November 10, 2005 · 07:45 local
Place
Osceola, AR
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
LFYG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5075P
NTSB investigation
NTSBDFW06CA031
Reported as
Airtrc AT502B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,500 total385 in this make and model285 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) 11/10/2005, Approx 07:45 CT, N5075P, an AT-502P was operating under visual meteorological conditions. Operated by a & g flying service (lfyg) and piloted by privacy data omitted. Aircraft was enroute to chemical pickup point after departing classic airstrip in jonsboro, AR. To senter Private airstrip for the purpose of aerial application when the main landing gear contacted the elevated bank of a drainage ditch at the end of the airstrip, separating the gear from the aircraft resulting in substantial damage to airframe. Pilot received no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) 11/10/2005, APPROX 07:45 CT, N5075P, AN AT-502P WAS OPERATING UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. OPERATED BY A & G FLYING SERVICE (LFYG) AND PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA^. AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO CHEMICAL PICKUP POINT AFTER DEPARTING CLASSIC AIRSTRIP IN JONSBORO, AR. TO SENTER PRIVATE AIRSTRIP FOR THE PURPOSE OF AERIAL APPLICATION WHEN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE ELEVATED BANK OF A DRAINAGE DITCH AT THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP, SEPARATING THE GEAR FROM THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRFRAME. PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.