- Date
- October 10, 1994, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lamesa, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N133HFAir Tractor AT-502
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941010034309A
- Case key
- 19282
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Probable cause
The loss of directional control on the ground and the pilot's inadvertent ground loop. A factor was the failure by the pilot of the conflicting traffic on the runway to maintain proper traffic separation.
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 the takeoff roll the pilot observed another aircraft begin a takeoff from the opposite direction. The pilot aborted the takeoff; however, he lost control and the aircraft ground looped.
Factual narrative
On October 10, 1994, at 1230 central daylight time, an Air Tractor AT-502, N133HF, was substantially damaged during an aborted takeoff at Lamesa, Texas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for this aerial application flight. The commercial pilot was uninjured.
During an interview conducted by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, and in his written statement, the pilot stated that he was halfway down the runway when he aborted takeoff due to conflicting traffic in position to takeoff from the opposite direction. During the abort, the pilot lost directional control and ground looped the aircraft.
The aircraft sustained damaged to the empennage, wings, and fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N133HF
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-502
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 502-0101
- Engine
- P&W PT6-34AG, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Glenn W. Hog
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Airport
- 9F3 · Lamesa, runway 15, 2,600 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,016 total · 1,870 in this make and model · 47 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB, 62 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.