Air Tractor 502B accident near Eudora, AR
On January 16, 1998, an Air Tractor 502B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Eudora, AR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 16, 1998
- Place
- Eudora, AR
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor 502B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.110°N, 91.259°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X09422
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 16, 1998, about 1450 central standard time, an Air Tractor 502B agricultural airplane, N6093U, owned and operated by Snow Flying Service, Inc., of McGehee, Arkansas, was destroyed following a loss of control while maneuvering near Eudora, Arkansas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed for the Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The commercial pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was fatally injured. The flight originated from the Hensley Flying Service Airstrip, Eudora, Arkansas, about 1425. Snow Flying Service's pilot Troy Meaux, reported to the NTSB investigator-in-charge (IIC) that the accident aircraft, N60934, "has always been a mechanically solid aircraft with little or no trouble." The aircraft "seemed to carry a load very well," but he had a concern about how it turned. At times it seemed that in a "tight turn," usually to the right, it would give him a feeling as though the aircraft wanted to "tuck the wing under." Throughout the past year he has had "several people look at the aircraft to see if maybe they might know what would cause it to not turn very well." Nothing was ever found wrong with the aircraft. Troy further reported that he had talked several times with the pilot of the accident airplane, Roger D. Hensley, Jr., about his aircraft. Roger informed him that he also had an AT-502B, and invited him to fly his aircraft to see if it flew any different. On the day of the accident, Troy flew the accident aircraft, to the Hensley Flying Service Airstrip. He wanted to put the "two aircraft si
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while attempting an aerobatic manuever
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
