- Date
- March 22, 1990, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Temple, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2331XPiper PA36-400
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900322005249A
- Case key
- 22952
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Probable cause
Failure of an aileron attachment (bolt) due to fatigue.
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
The ag pilot was spraying when he lost control of the airplane and it impacted nose down, right wing low, in a field. The pilot said he had lost aileron control, and during the investigation, a bolt that had been connecting the aileron torque tube to a plate assembly was found to have been fractured due to fatigue.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2331X
- Reported as
- Piper PA36-400
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-8202004
- Airframe hours
- 737
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-DIC, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Andy Rylant, doing business as Aero Corp, Incorporated
- Registered owner
- Aero Crop Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1989 · 105 hours before
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,993 total · 3,369 in this make and model · 4,937 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.