Air Tractor AT 301 N4359S
29 May 1982 · New Deal, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 29 May 1982 at about 20:30 local time, a Air Tractor AT 301 registered N4359S, operated by New Deal Flying Service Inc., was involved in an accident near New Deal, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- New Deal, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- 33.7305, -101.8308
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor AT 301
- Registration
- N4359S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- New Deal Flying Service Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 137: Agricultural
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Application
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- New Deal → New Deal
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW82DA202
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
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 PILOT DEPARTED AN AG STRIP WITH A HEAVILY LOADED AIRCRAFT. REPORTEDLY, THE ELEVATION AND TEMPERATURE WERE 3338 FT AND 87 DEG. AFTER CLIMBING TO ABOUT 45 FT AGL, HE ENTERED A RIGHT TURN. AT THIS TIME, HE NOTICED ENGINE ROUGHNESS AND A LOSS OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE. HE THEN INCREASED HIS BANK ANGLE TO AVOID A LINE OF POLES. HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE FLAPS AND DUMP THE LOAD, BUT BEFORE THIS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED, THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Air Tractor AT-301 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 1982 | Air Tractor AT-301 | Rio Hondo, Texas, United States | Burke Flying Service | No injuries | - |
| 3 Jan 1982 | Air Tractor AT-301 | Greenough, Montana, United States | Minuteman AER. APP Inc | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jun 1982 | Air Tractor AT-301 | Ruyard, Montana, United States | AG Air, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 12 Aug 1982 | Air Tractor AT-301 | Center, Colorado, United States | Kenneth Leach | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 Jul 1982 | Air Tractor AT-301 | San Joaquin, California, United States | Grouleff Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 26 Aug 1982 | Air Tractor AT-301 | Winnesboro, Louisiana, United States | Holcomb Flying Service | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 1982 | Cessna A150M | Raymondville, Texas, United States | Neal F. Murray | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 Mar 1982 | Airmate HP-10 | El Paso, Texas, United States | Morris J. Wright | Minor injuries | - |
| 31 Aug 1982 | American AA-1A | Georgetown, Texas, United States | Delfin Salazar, JR. | No injuries | - |
| 20 Nov 1982 | Cessna 172M | Sherman, Texas, United States | John Brodherd, JR. | Serious injuries | - |
| 13 Jun 1982 | I C A Brasov - Romania IS-28B2 | El Paso, Texas, United States | Jorgen Anderson | No injuries | - |
| 17 Jul 1982 | Piper PA-22-150 | Marlin, Texas, United States | RON Noblitt | Serious injuries | - |