- Date
- July 30, 1990, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Foreman, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N31631Air Tractor 301A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900730029169A
- Case key
- 22937
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent stall/mush.
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
In an effort to realign with the flagman, the initial northerly swath run was aborted. During the southeasterly turn the airplane began to settle. The pilot added power but was unable to keep the left wing from dragging in the crops. This resulted in terrain impact, which caused the airplane to cartwheel and the engine to separate from the airframe.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31631
- Reported as
- Air Tractor 301A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0532
- Airframe hours
- 2,438
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Thomas W. May, doing business as Tedder Aviation
- Registered owner
- Tedder Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 30, 1990 · 87 hours before
- Departed
- PRIV · New Boston, 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TXK, 35 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.