- Date
- August 12, 1992, 21:30 local (Aug 13, 1992, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Laveen, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4410SAir Tractor AT301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920812033079A
- Case key
- 27730
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain altitude during the low-level aerial application procedure turn. Contributing to this accident was the night condition and the high tension wires.
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 was conducting a night aerial application flight. While executing a low-level turn, after completing an aerial application swath run, he observed some high tension wires and executed a tight turn. During the turn he failed to maintain altitude and the left wing struck the ground. The airplane was destroyed by the impact and ensuing post impact fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4410S
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0070
- Airframe hours
- 3,175
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Noel, Cecil L., doing business as Aero Spray
- Registered owner
- Noel, Cecil L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- P10 · Chandler, AZ
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4410S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.