- Date
- June 1, 2022, 17:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Pemberton Township, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3658TAir Tractor AT-400A
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220601005089A
- Case key
- 105174
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 improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and a subsequent loss of control.
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 on final approach, he “started the flare too late,” which resulted in a “high bounce.” He attempted to recover, however the airplane “bounce[d]” again. The pilot initiated a go around, but with the “high angle of attack” of the airplane, he “lost control.” The airplane veered off the side of the runway and impacted a ditch, which sheared off the main landing gear, and resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3658T
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-400A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0323
- Built
- 1980
- Airframe hours
- 10,392
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney PT6A-27, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Jersey Devil Dusters LLC
- Registered owner
- Jersey Devil Dusters LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 2022
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- N/A · Private Airstrip, runway NA, 2,200 × 75 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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
- 20
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 5, 2021
- Seat
- Single
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 532 total · 5 in this make and model · 511 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- WRI, 5 nm away
- METAR
- KWRI 012121Z AUTO 08012KT 10SM BKN014 21/17 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP11
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 14, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.5 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.
Other investigations on N3658T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.