- Date
- July 30, 1993, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Brookland, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7319VAir Tractor AT-502
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930730027169A
- Case key
- 18306
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate object clearance.
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 had completed an aerial application operation and was returning to his private airstrip. He said he was flying lower than he thought, and the airplane collided with trees and impacted a rice field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7319V
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-502
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 502-0012
- Airframe hours
- 9,183
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-34AG, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Miles, Tony E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 20, 1993 · 300 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Bono, AR
- Destination
- NONE
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,130 total · 1,825 in this make and model · 6,065 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.