# NTSB FTW87DPJ08: Air Tractor 301A, N3651D, Hollis, OK, September 13, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: September 13, 1987, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Hollis, OK
- Coordinates: 34.679756, -99.909072 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6798&lon=-99.9091&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22180
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87DPJ08
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22180/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87DPJ08

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - object - pole (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION CLEANUP RUN, THE AIRCRAFT'S WING COLLIDED WITH A POLE AND SHEARED OFF THE OUTBOARD FIVE FEET. THE AIRCRAFT THEN COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND OUT OF CONTROL. EXAM OF THE ENGINE AND AIRFRAME DID NOT DISCLOSE ANY PRE-EXISTING FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3651D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3651D-1989-07-10), registration cancelled 1989-07-10, S/N 3010260 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Air Tractor 301A
- Registry model: [Air Tractor AT-301](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-301) (registry code 0390103) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 301-02
- Engines: P&W R-1340-AN1 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Kenneth Jackson, doing business as Jackson Aerial Spraying
- Registered owner: Kenneth Jackson
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed: HOLLIS, OK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 30,000 total, 6,500 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days, 100 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 6 knots, gusting 4
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: HBR, 48 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870913051589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870913051589A), Sep 13, 1987: Airtrc AT301, Hollis, OK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Left wing struck a power pole during a spray run. Impact severed part of wing. Aircraft crashed and burned.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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