- Date
- May 16, 2001, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Casselton, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N970XAir Tractor G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20010516039479A
- Case key
- 52280
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while recovering from a bounced landing. A factor was the collapse of the right main landing gear.
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
The pilot reported that the airplane bounced on landing. He reported that the airplane veered left on the second touchdown. The pilot reported that he was unable to regain directional control prior to the airplane traveling off the left side of the runway. The airplane then ground looped and the right main gear collapsed.
Factual narrative
On May 16, 2001, at 1315 central daylight time, an Air Tractor G-164A, N970X, was substantially damaged following a loss of control while landing on runway 31 (3,900 feet by 75 feet) at the Casselton Municipal Airport, Casselton, North Dakota. The commercial pilot was not injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 positioning flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight originated from Mapleton, North Dakota, at 1300 central daylight time.
The pilot reported that the airplane bounced on landing. He reported that the airplane veered left on the second touchdown. The pilot reported that he was unable to regain directional control prior to the airplane traveling off the left side of the runway. The airplane then ground looped and the right main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N970X
- Reported as
- Air Tractor G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 510
- Airframe hours
- 9,458
- Engine
- P&W R985, 450 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Dale R. Faust
- Registered owner
- Kraft Ag Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 2001 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- Mapleton, ND
- Destination
- 5N8 · Casselton, ND
- Airport
- 5N8 · Casselton Regional, runway 31, 3,900 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- January 30, 2001
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 6,400 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 6,200 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.68 inHg
- Observed at
- FAR, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N970X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.