- Date
- April 12, 1986, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Semonole, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2401ZPiper PA-36-400
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22118
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 - on ground/water
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Weather condition - tailwindCause
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The acft nosed over during landing. The plt stated that he landed straight in to the south in a 45 degree tailwind. The landing was made on a dirt strip after an aerial application flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2401Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-400
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-8202022
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-D1CD, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Redman Spraying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 6, 1986 · 73 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 32,056 total · 1,118 in this make and model · 3,205 as pilot in command · 73 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F