- Date
- July 1, 1982, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Clarksville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4437SAir Tractor 301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820701026879A
- Case key
- 70265
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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 stated that he briefed the two flagmen about moving to next row as soon as the aircraft was lined up on the swath run. Both flagmen moved properly until on the fatal pass one flagman did not move and the aircraft struck him. The flagman struck by the aircraft did not have prior experience as a flagman.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4437S
- Reported as
- Air Tractor 301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0097
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Hornbeck Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Hornbeck Flying Service
- Departed
- Clarksville, TX
- Destination
- Clarksville, TX
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,338 total · 43 in this make and model · 1,167 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 198 °F
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 N4437S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.