- Date
- August 23, 1990, 17:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Altheimer, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10192Air Tractor AT401
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900823035329A
- Case key
- 22944
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to align the airplane with the runway during landing.
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
During landing the left wing contacted tall weeds on the edge of the runway. This resulted in a loss of directional control; the airplane subsequently contacted the ground not properly aligned and slid across a ditch. The airplane came to rest off the left side of the runway facing opposite the landing direction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10192
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT401
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 401-0731
- Airframe hours
- 496
- Engine
- P&W R1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ag Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ag-Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 28, 1989 · 496 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Altheimer
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 496 in this make and model · 10,900 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 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.