- Date
- August 26, 1988, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ochlocknee, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4006PAyres Thrush S2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880826037319A
- Case key
- 7544
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Shortly after takeoff the pilot allowed the nose to drop resulting in a collision with the ground. The airplane hit the ground, right wing first, and traveled about 500 feet before stopping. The pilot had been spraying methyl parathion all day and stated he was very tired.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4006P
- Reported as
- Ayres Thrush S2R (THRUSH S2)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2503R
- Airframe hours
- 2,370
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Eugene Powers
- Registered owner
- Piper Too Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 11, 1988 · 181 hours before
- Departed
- OCH · Ochlocknee, GA
- Airport
- OCH · Ochlocknee, runway 9, 2,000 × 25 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 15,024 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 14,675 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.