Air Tractor AT-300 N4336S

Summary

On 7 March 1984 at about 01:30 local time, a Air Tractor AT-300 registered N4336S was involved in an accident near Delano, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 March 1984 at 01:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Delano, California, United States

Coordinates

35.7803, -119.2292

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT-300

Registration

N4336S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84LA208

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT WAS MAKING A TIGHT, 180 DEGREE, RIGHT TURN FROM DOWNWIND TO FINAL WHEN HE FELT A BUFFET. HE THEN APPLIED POWER AND LOWERED THE NOSE. HE STATED HE REMAINED IN THE TURN TO AVOID POWER LINES. THE POWER LINES WERE LOCATED ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. AFTER ABOUT 165 DEG OF TURN, THE MAIN GEAR CONTACTED THE GROUND PRIOR TO THE THRESHOLD WHILE THE WINGS WERE NEARLY LEVEL. THE PLT STATED THAT WHEN THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED A PIECE OF FARM EQUIPMENT & THE LEFT BOOM STRUCK A WOOD PILE. THE ACFT CONTINUED TO TRAVEL UNTIL IT HIT A DITCH & NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.