- Date
- October 2, 1989, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Belle Glade, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8842SAir Tractor AT-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891002066039A
- Case key
- 32586
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to an inadequate supply of fuel. A factor related to the accident was: the terrain condition in the emergency landing area.
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
Neither the plt nor the operator checked the acft's fuel level before the flt. The plt rprtd that about 30 min after takeoff, as he was applying bait to a cane field, the eng lost power. He made a forced landing in the cane, but the acft went into a ditch before stopping. An inspn of the fuel sys revealed about 1 qt of fuel was remaining.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8842S
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0207
- Airframe hours
- 3,850
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Air Crop Care Inc.
- Registered owner
- Aircrop Care Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1989 · 434 hours before
- Departed
- X10 · Belle Glade, FL
- Destination
- X10
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,285 total · 1,150 in this make and model · 3,988 as pilot in command · 235 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 21 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.