NTSB Identification: FTW84LA324.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 25104.
Accident occurred Thursday, July 26, 1984 in ABERNATHY, TX
Aircraft: AIR TRACTOR AT-301, registration: N2344T
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE BANK OF A DRAINAGE DITCH IN A FIELD DURING A SPRAY OPERATION AT WHICH TIME THE LEFT MAIN GEARWAS KNOCKED OFF THE ACFT. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE DURING WHICH THE ACFT GROUND LOOPED AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
ALTITUDE..IMPROPER..PILOT IN COMMAND
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
CLEARANCE..INADEQUATE..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
LANDING GEAR,MAIN GEAR ATTACHMENT..SEPARATION
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..DIRT BANK/RISING EMBANKMENT
Contributing Factors
LANDING GEAR,MAIN GEAR..OVERLOAD
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