Callair A N8260H

Summary

On 6 March 1984 at about 17:00 local time, a Callair A registered N8260H was involved in an accident near Tremonton, Utah, 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

6 March 1984 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Tremonton, Utah, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Callair A

Registration

N8260H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tremonton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN84LA105

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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOW COVERED FIELD WHILE THE PLT WAS APPLYING CARBON BLACK AND FERTILIZER TO INDUCE SNOW MELT. THE OVERCAST SKY'GAVE A WHITE-OUT EFFECT ON DEPTH PERCEPTION'. THE COLLISION WITH A RISE IN THE FIELD TORE OFF THE LANDING GEAR AND THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP IN THE SNOW.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.