- Date
- May 30, 1989, 08:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Clarksdale, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1012HAir Tractor AT-401
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890530013379A
- Case key
- 32293
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain airspeed resulting in the airplane stalling and descending out of control.
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 was turning downwind for another aerial application pass when the acft stalled and dropped into a right wing low descent which became almost vertical prior to ground contact. The radial engine was buried to a depth of 4 ft in the cultivated soil.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1012H
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-401
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 401-0715
- Airframe hours
- 21
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Jack W. Shannon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 11, 1989 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- Clarksdale, MS
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 875 total · 48 in this make and model · 817 as pilot in command · 77 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWO, 48 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.