- Date
- February 17, 1988, 12:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Circleville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3164YAir Tractor 301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880217013219A
- Case key
- 22510
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane was being ferried to a new location, and an en route refueling stop was planned. A low ceiling and low visibility set in and the pilot tried to extend the flight to a different town. The fuel was exhausted 6 miles short of a town. The airplane was landed in a wet, plowed, field. After touchdown, it flipped over to the inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3164Y
- Reported as
- Air Tractor 301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301 0540
- Airframe hours
- 3,675
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Graham Addison, doing business as Addison Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Graham P Addison
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1988
- Departed
- 31F · Seminole, TX
- Destination
- T54 · Rosenberg, 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,114 total · 303 in this make and model · 2,114 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 11 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 16 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 N3164Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.