- Date
- August 24, 1976
- Place
- Pahokee, FL · PAHOKEE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5512XTurbo Thrush
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760824030079A
- Case key
- 155819
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2938 76/8/24 PAHOKEE,FL TURBO THRUSH CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 2500 TIME - 0900 N5512X PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHEM AIRSPRAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PAHOKEE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT REMARKS- USING REVERSE THRUST ON LDG ROLL.TAILWHEEL LOCK IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5512X
- Reported as
- Turbo Thrush
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chem Airspray
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.