- Date
- July 18, 1988, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Moorhead, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N23640Air Tractor AT-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880718063959A
- Case key
- 32217
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on an aerial application flt during the ground roll the wind changed from a headwind to a tailwind. The plt dumped the load of chemical in an attempt to climb but the acft crashed into a fish pond.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23640
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0405
- Airframe hours
- 1,804
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Gary Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Gary, Mark
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 27, 1987 · 303 hours before
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,160 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 3,107 as pilot in command · 225 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWO, 19 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.
Other investigations on N23640 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.