- Date
- September 10, 1992, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Satartia, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4333SAir Tractor AT-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920910039179A
- Case key
- 33133
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Probable cause
Failure of the brake system due to installation of a bogus part by an unknown person. Directional control by the pilot in command was not possible.
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
During the landing roll with the brakes applied, the acft veered off the lt side of the grass airstrip & collided with a telephone pole. Exam of the acft revealed that the rt brake line which was attached to the parking brake assy was separated. Exam of the line revealed that a bogus part was installed resulting in the separation. No determination could be made who performed the improper repair.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4333S
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0012
- Airframe hours
- 6,059
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Lungrin, Charles V., doing business as Lungrin Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Lungrin, Charles V.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1992 · 349 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Unknown, runway 15, grass/turf
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,128 total · 400 in this make and model · 3,068 as pilot in command · 400 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.