- Date
- June 7, 1986, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Blackwell, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N23539Air Tractor AT-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860607021979A
- Case key
- 21939
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Maneuver - excessiveCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft crashed after a turn while spraying a field. The acft caught fire after the impact but the plt escaped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23539
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0395
- Airframe hours
- 1,350
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Homestead Farms, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 18, 1986 · 124 hours before
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,700 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 5,400 as pilot in command · 98 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 18° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °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 N23539 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.