- Date
- April 6, 1984, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lamont, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7776VRockwell A-9B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840406059249A
- Case key
- 21303
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that between swath runs, his attention was directed to swath marks on the ground, then he tried to determine how much chemical was remaining in the hopper. At about 100 ft AGL, while in a 50 deg left bank, he heard 'the eng slow down' & felt 'the airplane shake as trying to stall.' He then lowered the nose & leveled the wings, but the acft impacted the ground & the main gear collapsed. The plane then slid to a stop with damage to the prop & left wing. The plt did not report any mechanical failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7776V
- Reported as
- Rockwell A-9B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1530
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-B1C5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Homestead Flying Service
- Registered owner
- David T. Kirk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 14, 1984
- Departed
- Pond Creek, OK
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 4,471 total · 307 in this make and model · 73 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.