20160615012169A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-502 · Delhi, LA · June 15, 2016

Date
June 15, 2016 · 18:30 local
Place
Delhi, LA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
3OLG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1002L
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA16CA321
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-502
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,732 total1,306 in this make and model280 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.

During landing roll out applied brakes at about 30 knots. Acft veered hard left and ground looped, breaking off tail wheel and bending tail cone.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING ROLL OUT APPLIED BRAKES AT ABOUT 30 KNOTS. ACFT VEERED HARD LEFT AND GROUND LOOPED, BREAKING OFF TAIL WHEEL AND BENDING TAIL CONE.

NTSB investigation

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