- Date
- January 20, 1988, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Port Saint Joe, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N36534Air Tractor AT-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880120001039A
- Case key
- 32127
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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
While on a business flt, unable to locate the landing site with darkness approaching & low supply of fuel, the plt performed a precautionary landing on a soft dirt road. During the landing roll the acft nosed over & came to rest. The plt did not file an acc report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36534
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0278
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donnie T. Uzzle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- 1RB · Bay Minette, AL
- Destination
- Port Saint Joe, FL
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PFN, 30 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.