- Date
- October 19, 1987, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lockney, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N73127Air Tractor AT-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871019060219A
- Case key
- 22466
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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
After completing a swath run, the plt began a procedure turn to the right for another run. During the maneuver, the acft stalled & turned counterclockwise for about 180 deg before impacting the ground in a nose down, left wing low attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73127
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0667
- Airframe hours
- 275
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Probasco Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 12, 1987 · 275 hours before
- Departed
- Q41 · Floydada, TX
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 275 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB, 32 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.
Other investigations on N73127 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.