Sunday, August 04, 2013

Air Tractor Inc AT-301, N3655G: Accident occurred August 04, 2013 in Simmesport, Louisiana

PRO-AIR LLC:  http://registry.faa.gov/N3655G  

NTSB Identification: CEN13LA472
14 CFR Part 137: Agricultural
Accident occurred Sunday, August 04, 2013 in Simmesport, LA
Aircraft: Air Tractor Inc AT-301, registration:
N3655G
Injuries: 1 Serious.

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.

On August 4, 2013, about 0920 central daylight time, an Air Tractor Inc AT-301, N3655G, impacted terrain during an aerial application of a field near Simmesport, Louisiana. The airplane received substantial damage to a wing. The commercial pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane was registered to and operated by Pro-Air LLC under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 as an aerial application flight that was not operating on a flight plan. The local flight originated at an unknown time.

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 A Hamburg crop duster survived a crash Sunday morning at Simmesport.

Bryan Whitmore was crop dusting fields on the south side of Highway One, near Yellow Bayou Civil War Park, when the accident occurred. His plane, minus the engine, landed on the train tracks on the north side of the road.

Motorists along highway one stopped and were able to talk to the the pilot, He appeared to have broken a leg, and was transported by ambulance.

Avoyelles Parish Sheriff Doug Anderson, who lives in Simmesport, was at the scene. Anderson said that Whitmore had successfully crossed the high power lines and was making his turn back to the south field. Highway One and the Kansas City railroad track separate two fields. Whihtore's plane went down in the field on the north side after witnesses in nearby homes said engine stalled during his turn. The plane came was sideways when the left wing hit the field, then flipping the engine into the dirt.The engine stayed and the rest of the plane, with Whitmore, went through the narrow opening between two trees. It traveled about 40 feet or so before coming to a stop on the top of the train tracks. remov

Alfred Couvillon, with the Simmesport Fire Department, said the wreckage was removed quickly off of the tracks to allow train traffic to continue. A forklift operator from Fab-Tech in Hamburg was called in to to remove the wreckage.

The crop duster came from the Keith Whitmore field behind the Cotton Gin in Hamburg, Anderson said. He said a report would be sent to the
Federal Aviation Administration and possibly the Agriculture Department.

Source:   http://www.avoyellestoday.com


Cropduster, minus engine, comes to rest on rail track 
 
SIMMESPORT – A Hamburg crop duster survived a crash here Sunday morning.

Bryan Whitmore was dusting fields on the south side of Highway One, near Yellow Bayou Civil War Park, when the accident occurred.

His plane, minus the engine, landed on the train tracks on the north side of the road.

Motorists stopped and were able to talk to the pilot, He appeared to have broken a leg, and was transported by ambulance.

Avoyelles Parish Sheriff Doug Anderson, who lives in Simmesport, said that Whitmore had successfully crossed the high power lines and was making his turn back to the south field. Highway One and the Kansas City railroad track separate two fields.

Whihtore’s plane went down in the field on the north side after witnesses in nearby homes said the engine stalled during his turn. The plane was sideways when the left wing hit the field, flipping the engine into the dirt.

The engine stayed and the rest of the plane, with Whitmore, went through the narrow opening between two trees. It traveled about 40 feet or so before coming to a stop on the top of the train tracks.

The cropduster came from the Keith Whitmore field in Hamburg, Anderson said.


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