Air Tractor AT-301 N8699S

Summary

On 21 April 2000 at about 18:00 local time, a Air Tractor AT-301 registered N8699S, operated by Rogers Flying Service, was involved in an accident near Gould, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 April 2000 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Gould, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Rogers Flying Service (NONE)

Coordinates

33.9798, -91.5597

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT-301

Registration

N8699S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Rogers Flying Service

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW00LA130

Nobody was injured.

The stall/mush encountered by the pilot. A factor was the crosswind.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

After takeoff to the south, the agricultural airplane could not maintain altitude, and it touched down 300 yards from the departure end of the runway. The aircraft bounced and traveled 100 yards before touching down again. The aircraft bounced again and traveled another 50 yards before touching down for the third time. The aircraft continued to roll about 100 yards before becoming airborne. The aircraft struck power lines, impacted the ground, and came to rest upright facing west. The pilot reported that after the second bounce, he began to dump the chemical from the hopper. The pilot reported to the FAA inspector that there was 'nothing wrong' with the engine, and that the crosswind was the problem. The pilot further reported that the wind was from 280 degrees at 15 knots. Ten minutes prior to the accident, the wind at the nearest weather reporting point, located 22 nautical miles northwest of the accident site, was from 330 degrees at 9 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.