- Date
- April 24, 2024, 18:52 local (23:52 UTC)
- Place
- Olney, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6108LAir Tractor AT-502B
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20240424005079A
- Case key
- 194150
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing in gusty wind conditions.
Findings · 3
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 pilot reported that he was completing a practice flight in an airplane which he had 3 hours of total flight experience. While on short final a gust of wind lifted the right wing, the airplane veered left, and he was unable to maintain control. The airplane landed hard in a field next to the runway and sustained substantial damage to the left and right wing. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident the pilot was landing on runway 17. The nearest weather station recorded wind from 120° at 8 knots and gusts to 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6108L
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-502B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 502B-0289
- Built
- 1995
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- L & W Flying Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Airport
- ONY · Olney Muni, runway 17/35, 5,101 × 75 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
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Powered-lift
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 10, 2024
- Seat
- Single
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 372.7 total · 3 in this make and model · 345.9 as pilot in command · 25.6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- KRPH, 20 nm away
- METAR
- KRPH 242355Z AUTO 12008G15KT 100V160 10SM BKN060 25/19 A2998 RMK AO2 T02510191
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 13, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.3 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.