# NTSB FTW82DA118: Air Tractor AT-400, N36493, Edna, TX, April 8, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 7, 1982, 19:15 local (Apr 8, 1982, 01:15 UTC)
- Place: Edna, TX
- Coordinates: 28.969007, -96.640151 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9690&lon=-96.6402&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 7, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70554
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA118
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70554/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA118

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - electrical system,generator - failure,total (contributing factor)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing light(s) - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - object - vehicle (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON AN UNLIGHTED STRIP AT DUSK AND COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK. LANDING LIGHTS ON THE AIRCRAFT WERE UNUSABLE BECAUSE OF A GENERATOR FAILURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N36493](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36493-2000-03-11), registration cancelled 2000-03-11, S/N 400-0244 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT-400
- Registry model: [Air Tractor AT-400](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-400) (registry code 0390202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 400-0244
- Engines: LYCOMING LTP 101-600 599 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: The Flying Service
- Registered owner: The Flying Service
- Departed: EDNA, TX
- Destination: EDNA, TX
- Airport: 6T4, Flying Service Inc.

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 7,500 total, 750 in this make and model, 7,500 as pilot in command, 51 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Temperature: 167 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PSX, 25 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820407042549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820407042549A), Apr 7, 1982: Airtrc AT400, Edna, TX, Substantial damage. Struck a dump truck parked on the runway while landing after dark without lights on aircraft or runway.

## Other investigations on N36493 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL99LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA085), May 13, 1999: Air Tractor AT-400 (N36493), Louisville, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION, DUE TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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