Air Tractor 301 N8563S
5 September 1996 · St Clair, Alabama, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 5 September 1996 at about 22:00 local time, a Air Tractor 301 registered N8563S, operated by Farm Air, Inc., was involved in an accident near St Clair, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 22:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- St Clair, Alabama, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor 301
- Registration
- N8563S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Farm Air, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 137: Agricultural
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Application
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA96LA226
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, while maneuvering, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and uncontrolled descent to ground.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
Witnesses observed the aircraft maneuvering and heard an engine power reduction. The aircraft then descended in a nose down attitude and crashed. There was evidence that the aircraft impacted in a relatively slow speed, but with power being provided to the propeller. Postcrash examination of the aircraft structure, flight controls, engine, and propeller did not reveal any pre-crash failure or malfunction.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Air Tractor 301 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jun 1996 | Air Tractor 301A | Hunter, Arkansas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 23 Sep 1995 | Air Tractor 301 | Dyer, Tennessee, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Feb 1998 | Air Tractor 301-300 | Woodland, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Jul 1999 | Air Tractor 301 | Drew, Mississippi, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Mar 1999 | Air Tractor 301 | Finley, Tennessee, United States | George S Hollingsworth | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 1991 | Air Tractor 301 | Greenville, Mississippi, United States | Clark, DON | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 1996 | Rans S6ES | Bayou la Batre, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jun 1996 | Cessna 170A | Southside, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jun 1996 | Piper PA-23-250 | Clanton, Alabama, United States | Mike Cornelius | Fatal | 5 |
| 27 Jun 1996 | Cessna 152 | Talladega, Alabama, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 17 Jul 1996 | Cessna 152 | Troy, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Jul 1996 | Cessna 150 | Brewton, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |