- Date
- May 19, 1989, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- East Bernard, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1722BBoeing A75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890519014709A
- Case key
- 22718
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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Probable cause
Water in fuel from improper servicing of the aircraft and improper preflight by the pilot. The tailwind & soft/wet terrain were contributing factors.
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 the plt departed on an aerial application flt, the eng lost power. Chemicals were jettisoned & an emergency landing was made. However, the acft touched down in a muddy field with a tailwind & nosed over. An exam of the acft revealed there was water in the fuel sys. The acdnt occurred after the acft had been refueled for the 3rd time that day.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1722B
- Reported as
- Boeing A75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-5927
- Airframe hours
- 4,112
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Donald D. Rose, doing business as Rose & Sons Flying Service
- Registered owner
- La Donna Marie Rose
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1988 · 179 hours before
- Departed
- East Bernard, 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 9,745 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 35 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 21 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 28.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KHOU, 40 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.