- Date
- September 11, 1987, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Belle Glade, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N23600Air Tractor AT301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870911051659A
- Case key
- 31962
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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 plt stated that he was spraying water to clean out his hopper tank. During approach to land the eng quit. Unable to reach the airstrip the plt landed on a road. On landing rollout on the road he struck a hidden 55 gallon drum with the right wing tip, spun approximately 60 degrees to the right, flipped over & came to rest inverted in a canal alongside the road. Post crash examination of the engine revealed that the aircraft lost power due to the failure of the internal supercharger.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23600
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3010398
- Airframe hours
- 3,395
- Engine
- P&W R1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Thomas R.Summersill,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Thomas R Summersill Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 6, 1986
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 12,847 total · 3,300 in this make and model · 12,808 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 32 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.