- Date
- February 19, 1986, 10:36 local (16:36 UTC)
- Place
- Hereford, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N23592Air Tractor AT-400A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860219003389A
- Case key
- 21945
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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 plt reptd that as he was returning to the arpt, the eng lost power from a 'low fuel and/or rough air' condition. Subsequently, the acft was damaged when it was landed on uneven terrain near a creek. Less than 1 gal of fuel was remaining in the acft. The fuel capacity of the acft was 126 gal of which 6 gal was considered as unusable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23592
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-400A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 400A-0397
- Airframe hours
- 1,133
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Whiteface Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1986 · 3 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,469 total · 1,069 in this make and model · 5,288 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 265° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMA, 42 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.