- Date
- January 21, 1982, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dos Palos, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8793SAir Tractor 301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70494
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the takeoff roll the pilot decided that he was not going to clear an 8 foot chain-link fence at the end of the runway. He stated that he pulled the dump-gate, chopped the throttle, and put on the brake but the aircraft went into soft dirt and the right main landing gear collapsed before it slid into the fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8793S
- Reported as
- Air Tractor 301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0195
- Airframe hours
- 2,290
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Spain-Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Spain-Air Inc.
- Departed
- Q38 · Dos Palos, CA
- Destination
- Q38 · Dos Palos, CA
- Airport
- Q38 · Spain-Air Airport, runway 33, 1,800 × 0 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 13,600 total · 2,400 in this make and model · 260 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 113 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
Other investigations on N8793S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.