- Date
- August 25, 1992, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lubbock, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4334SAir Tractor AT-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920825032959A
- Case key
- 18324
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of a downwind runway for takeoff. A factor was the tailwind.
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 pilot had been operating out of a 2,100 foot dirt strip for two consecutive days with the prevailing winds out of the south. The wind shifted direction as the pilot was preparing to depart and a downwind takeoff was attempted. The aircraft failed to gain sufficient altitude to clear obstacles at the departure end, and impact was made with a fence and high vegetation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4334S
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0014
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Pro-Agri Spraying
- Registered owner
- Pro-Agri Spraying
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1991
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Harris, runway 18, 2,100 × 25 ft, dirt
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
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,640 total · 120 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB, 12 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.