- Date
- May 26, 1980
- Place
- Eunice, LA · EUNICE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4411SAirtractor AT301
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800526014749A
- Case key
- 131310
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0735 80/5/26 EUNICE,LA AIRTRACTOR AT301 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, TIME - 1700 N4411S PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 3000 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AG STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUNICE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 300 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- FERTILIZING LOAD 600LBS HEAVIER THAN ESTIMATED BFR FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4411S
- Reported as
- Airtractor AT301
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ag Strip
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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 N4411S · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA97LA233Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWaynesboro, GAThe obscured vision of the pilot due to oil covering the windscreen. Contributing to the accident was the partial loss of engine power due to a cracked head of one of the cylinders and unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing.NTSB ATL83LA292Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFairfax, SCThe acft mushed into the ground after the engine quit from negative g forces imposed by the pilot after clearing a fenceduring a swath run. After the engine lost power due to the temporary fuel starvation the pilot managed to clear some trees and mush into…NTSB ATL80FLG17Accident · No injuriesClosedEhrhardt, SC