20131001025709A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-401 · Waco, TX · October 1, 2013

Date
October 1, 2013 · 17:30 local
Place
Waco, TX
Airport
Heathrow
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
HSYA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1013R
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR14CA002
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-401
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total

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.

Pilot encountered turbulence/windshear on take off. Wing contacted ground and aircraft nosed over. Pilot departed aircraft uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE/WINDSHEAR ON TAKE OFF. WING CONTACTED GROUND AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. PILOT DEPARTED AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.

NTSB investigation

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