# Accident 20150806019739A: Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR, Hollister, CA, August 6, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2015, 10:30 local time
- Place: Hollister, CA
- Airport: Frazier Lake Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9528° N, 121.4639° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9528&lon=-121.4639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48701, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR (registry code 7830502, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-aeronautical-st3kr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Kinner R5 series (registry code 37504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/kinner-r5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN AERONAUTICAL ST3KR
- Reported engine: KINNER R5 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,186 total, 220 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150806019739A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF A PT-22 (ST3KR), N48701, FAILED TO SEE A TRACTOR PARKED ON THE GRASS RUNWAY AT FRAZIER LAKE (1C9). THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE TRACTOR ON THE LANDING ROLLOUT AND FATALLY INJURED THE PERSON RIDING THE VEHICLE. THE PERSON DRIVING THE TRACTOR WAS FACING UPWIND WITH HIS BACK TO THE LANDING AIRCRAFT. ALTHOUGH ALL PEOPLE INVOLVED HAD HEADSETS OR RADIOS AVAILABLE, THE TRACTOR DRIVER TOOK HIS HEADSET OFF FOR 1 TO 2 MINUTES IN ORDER TO TALK WITH THE AIRPORT CARETAKER. ABOUT 1.5 SECONDS PRIOR TO IMPACT THE AIRPORT CARETAKER NOTICED THE IMPENDING IMPACT AND JUMPED ON THE BACK OF A WHITE PICKUP TRUCK WHICH WAS PARKED NEXT TO THE TRACTOR. THE TRACTOR DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE CARETAKER WAS UNHURT. THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND A PASSENGER ONBOARD SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR15LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA233), Aug 6, 2015: Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR (N48701), Hollister, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to observe the runway environment while operating in the traffic pattern and his subsequent failure to maintain clearance from a lawnmower on the runway during the landing roll.…

## Other reports on N48701 (1)

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

- [Accident 19761003031689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761003031689A), Oct 3, 1976: Ryan ST3KR (N48701), Tracy, CA, Substantial damage

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.

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