- Date
- April 2, 1988, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Olney, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7315NAir Tractor AT-502
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880402007669A
- Case key
- 22443
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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 pilot was familiarizing himself with this type of aircraft and was making a full flap landing. He allowed the aircraft to drift left during the landing roll in a slight crosswind. He then attempted to abort the landing roll with the application of takeoff power. Being unfamiliar with the aircraft, he allowed the engine torque to force it still further left and off the runway where impact with the terrain occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7315N
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-502
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5020007
- Airframe hours
- 6
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-27, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air Tractor, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- ONY
- Airport
- ONY · Olney Municipal, runway 22, 5,100 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,605 total · 2 in this make and model · 2,025 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPS, 39 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.