- Date
- July 29, 1988, 19:00 local (Jul 30, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Almyra, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19880729053461A19880729053462A
- Case key
- 34464
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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
Two ag aircraft were spraying the same field. According to several witnesses, 1671S was heading south and 3660X was heading east. Both aircraft were actively engaged in the spraying operation but did not seem to the witnesses to be coordinating with each other. 3660X had started a left turn to a northerly direction when 1671S pulled up and collided with 3660X. Both aircraft impacted the terrain immediately after the collision.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1671S
- Reported as
- Snow 600-S2C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1246C
- Airframe hours
- 6,200
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- James R. Perry, doing business as Grand Prairie Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Grand Prairie Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 14, 1988 · 90 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.
- Registration
- N3660X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S2R-600
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1320
- Airframe hours
- 5,250
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- James R. Perry, doing business as Grand Prairie Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Grand Prairie Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 18, 1988 · 115 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N1671S
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 3,900 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N3660X
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 7,000 in this make and model · 8,200 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 13 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 48 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1671S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.