- Date
- June 26, 2014, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sudan, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5197UAir Tractor AT 402B
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 2014
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20140626009799A
- Case key
- 89612
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Probable cause
The pilot's lapse in monitoring the airplane's speed during a low level aerial application maneuver and its subsequent stall during the maneuver.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The aerial application pilot reported that he was "busy looking outside" the cockpit during a low altitude turn. He said that he felt the airplane stall and the airplane subsequently sustained substantial fuselage damage when it impacted terrain. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions that would have prevented normal operations.
Factual narrative
The aerial application pilot reported that he was "busy looking outside" the cockpit during a low altitude turn. He said that he felt the airplane stall and the airplane subsequently sustained substantial fuselage damage when it impacted terrain. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions that would have prevented normal operations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5197U
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402A-1096
- Built
- 1999
- Airframe hours
- 7,933
- Engine
- P&W Canada PT6A-34AG, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- King Ag Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- King Ag Leasing Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 2014
- Departed
- XA05 · Sudan, TX
- Destination
- XA05 · Sudan, TX
- Airport
- XA05 · Fairview Field
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
- 23
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Last flight review
- November 23, 2012
- Seat
- Single
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 2,250 total · 2,100 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 125 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- KCVS, 39 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 24, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.7 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.