FAA Flight Standards District Office: FAA Greensboro FSDO-39
NTSB Identification: ERA15LA281
14 CFR Part 137: Agricultural
Accident occurred Saturday, July 25, 2015 in Albertson, NC
Aircraft: CESSNA A188B, registration: N731MB
Injuries: 1 Minor.
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 July 25, 2015, about 0815 eastern daylight time, a Cessna A188B, N731MB, was substantially damaged when it impacted power lines and terrain after takeoff from a private field near Albertson, North Carolina. The commercial pilot sustained minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the aerial application flight, which was originating at the time of the accident. The flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137.
The pilot stated that he was departing with full fuel tanks and 105 gallons of spray mixture. A preflight inspection and engine run-up revealed no anomalies, and he initiated the takeoff from the turf runway with 10 degrees of wing flaps extended. The airplane lifted off the runway about 70 mph, and at 85 mph, the pilot established a "shallow" climb. He stated that as the airplane neared the end of the runway, it began to lose altitude. The left main landing gear contacted a power line and the airplane subsequently impacted terrain, resulting in substantial damage to the wings and fuselage.
Postaccident examination of the engine by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the intake manifold was damaged during the accident sequence. Spark was observed on all magnetos, and piston movement was observed on all cylinders.
ALBERTSON, N.C. (WNCT) – Duplin County Emergency Manager Reid Southerland tells 9 On Your Side a Cessna crop duster crashed in Albertson around 8:30 a.m.
The pilot had just loaded chemicals in the plane and was preparing to fly over a cotton field. He told officials the plane was running a little sluggish before he took off from a private grass strip.
During takeoff the plane hopped over a trailer at the end of the strip. When it leaped the trailer it dipped down and hit the shoulder of the highway and landed into the intersection of Edward Grady Road and Shelton Hardy Lane.
Southerland tells us Edward Grady Rd. was closed but is now reopened. The scene was cleared around 10 a.m
According to the planes owner, the pilot had plenty hours on crop dusting and had been flying for years.
The pilot refused medical treatment when emergency services arrived.
NTSB will be investigating the incident in the coming weeks.
Albertson Fire Chief Winslow Tew says the crash happened at 8:30 at the intersection of Edward Grady Road and Shelton Hardy Lane.
Pilot Torben Christensen of Georgia told officials the plane felt sluggish while taking off. He says his landing gear was too low. Tew says the pilot hit a tree in the backyard of a mobile home, cleared another mobile home, and then hit another tree before the crop duster flipped and landed on the side of Edward Grady Road.
Christensen, who Tew says has been flying planes for 20 years, was able to walk around after the crash and refused medical treatment.
Tew says the crop duster had chemicals inside used to stop cotton from growing. He says those chemicals were contained and are not harmful to the environment.
Fire officials say there was a small fuel leak and it took roughly 3 hours and 15 minutes to clear the scene.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating.
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A crop duster had trouble getting off of the ground this morning, crashing onto a highway near Albertson in Duplin County.
Reid Southerland, emergency management director for Duplin County, told WITN that it happened around 8:30 this morning at the intersection of Gray Branch Road and Shelton Hardy Lane.
The pilot of the crop duster told Southerland that the plane was sluggish while taking off from a grass runway. After clearing a trailer, the plane leapfrogged another trailer when the propeller caught the dirt, causing the crop duster to flip onto the highway.
The plane did take out some power lines that were connected to a trailer.
The pilot refused medical treatment.
The owner was given permission to move the plane from the road to his property 150 feet away.
The National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating the crash
ALBERTSON, Duplin County - According to Duplin County Emergency Manager Reid Southerland, around 8:30 this morning a crop duster plane crashed near the intersection of Edward Grady Road and Shelton Hardy Lane in Albertson.
He said the pilot took off from a private landing strip. According to Southerland, the pilot said the plane felt slugish. It went over a trailer at the end of the runway before a propeller hit the dirt and it crashed.
Southerland said Alberston Fire, Duplin County Sheriff's deputies, EMS, and Emergency Management all responded, as well as, highway patrol.
Southerland said Edward Grady Rd. was closed but is now reopened.
He said no one was injured. The pilot refused medical attention.
Southerland said the scene was cleared around 10 a.m. He said the NTSB will investigate this sometime this week.
Source: http://www.wcti12.com
ALBERTSON, N.C. (WNCT) – Duplin County Emergency Manager Reid Southerland tells 9 On Your Side a Cessna crop duster crashed in Albertson around 8:30 a.m.
The pilot had just loaded chemicals in the plane and was preparing to fly over a cotton field. He told officials the plane was running a little sluggish before he took off from a private grass strip.
During takeoff the plane leap frog a trailer at the end of the strip. When it leap frog the trailer it dipped down and hit the shoulder of the highway and landed into the intersection of Edward Grady Road and Shelton Hardy Lane.
Southerland tells us Edward Grady Rd. was closed but is now reopened. The scene was cleared around 10 a.m
According to the planes owner, the pilot had plenty hours on crop dusting and had been flying for years.
The pilot refused medical treatment when emergency services arrived.
NTSB will be investigating the incident in the coming weeks.
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