ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39374
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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Date:06-MAY-1995
Time:0830
Type:PZL-Mielec M-18A Dromader
Operator:Delta Harvest
Registration: N8025Y
C/n / msn: 1202509
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Airplane damage: Substantial
Location:Gerome, AR -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:AR
Destination airport:
Narrative:
DURING LANDING ROLL, FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A SOFT AREA ON THE SOD/GRAVEL STRIP AND NOSED OVER. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THERE HAD BEEN RAIN EARLIER AND THE STRIP HAD DEVELOPED A SOFT AREA NOT READILY DISCERNABLE. CAUSE: THE PILOT'S USE OF UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FOR LANDING.

Sources:
NTSB: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001207X03447


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