20181008016749A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-402 · Crowley, LA · October 8, 2018

Date
October 8, 2018 · 10:20 local
Place
Crowley, LA
Airport
Leleux Strip
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
L8FG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1500E
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA010
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-402
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
9,771 total3 in this make and model

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What happened

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

On departure roll left wing caught tall grass on left side of aircraft. Aircraft was pulled into ditch on left side due to drag on left wing resulting in a prop strike, gear collapse, and tail folding to left side.

As the FAA filed it

ON DEPARTURE ROLL LEFT WING CAUGHT TALL GRASS ON LEFT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WAS PULLED INTO DITCH ON LEFT SIDE DUE TO DRAG ON LEFT WING RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE, GEAR COLLAPSE, AND TAIL FOLDING TO LEFT SIDE.

NTSB investigation

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