tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post1458375873692190075..comments2024-03-28T21:15:11.065-04:00Comments on Kathryn's Report: Air Tractor AT-402, N1532H: Accident occurred June 17, 2020 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, ArkansasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-7481316187095492662022-12-19T19:19:30.862-05:002022-12-19T19:19:30.862-05:00Dear Mr. Crump, sorry for the late reply but I jus...Dear Mr. Crump, sorry for the late reply but I just noticed your reply. I do know that turbines are more reliable in the long run and transitioning to a different power plant takes time to get used to. I would put a lot of credence into the opinions of the veteran ag pilots. Ag pilots put in sunup to sundown hours for weeks at a time and are often working at the edge of the flight envelope. I donAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-51978567695352246382021-09-12T10:16:39.559-04:002021-09-12T10:16:39.559-04:00The real problem is that Turbines are way more rel...The real problem is that Turbines are way more reliable and rarely quit. But they are so much faster and cover so many more acres in a day that the young pilots will encounter more obstacles, at a faster rate everyday... So the operator has a tough choice to make, put the kid in a plane that will bring him home every night as long as he is fast enough to avoid all the obstacles, or put him in a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-41991495629519924352021-08-23T00:42:02.668-04:002021-08-23T00:42:02.668-04:00Mr. Tuttle, I am wondering if our young embryo ag-...Mr. Tuttle, I am wondering if our young embryo ag-pilots are being put into turbine aircraft too soon. I am not an ag-pilot or a pilot of any kind for that matter, but I have spent many, many a day around ag-pilots and all of them have told me in years past that an embryo ag-pilot needs to get at least 5 seasons under his belt before even thinking about getting a seat in a turbine aircraft. What Will Crumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09252911923896869221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-31848845042111295292021-08-23T00:38:20.898-04:002021-08-23T00:38:20.898-04:00Mr. Tuttle, I am so very sorry for your loss. Our ...Mr. Tuttle, I am so very sorry for your loss. Our ag-pilots deserve our thanks for the work they do. Ag-pilots are a cut above all the rest. <br /><br />On August 27, 2014 I lost a good friend in a wire strike incident near Middleton, TN. James Earl "J.T." Taylor had been a veteran ag-pilot of 40 years when he contacted a set of TVA lines that tore off the outer half of the right wing, Will Crumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09252911923896869221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-90406752826171361732021-08-23T00:35:06.671-04:002021-08-23T00:35:06.671-04:00Alex, thank GOD you were not killed in that crash....Alex, thank GOD you were not killed in that crash. That had to be a horrific ordeal to go through. Are you going to give ag aviation another try or did this close call cause you to re-evaluate your choice of being an ag-pilot? Was this your first season? I wish you all the best, my friend. God bless. Will Crumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09252911923896869221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-29849950452750835622021-03-10T19:58:37.425-05:002021-03-10T19:58:37.425-05:00Hang in there Alex. I lost my 31 yr old son in a A...Hang in there Alex. I lost my 31 yr old son in a AT502b on 7/25/2020 in Grant NE. No final decision as to the formal cause but it happened in the reversal turn. I always told him to "fly like an old man so you can fly when you are an old man". Get well young man! Ron Tuttle, College Grove TN. P.S.-My sons name was Alex too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146291853151343640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-57698310367186814282021-02-08T01:09:24.608-05:002021-02-08T01:09:24.608-05:00this is Alex Powell, the airplane stalled. i would...this is Alex Powell, the airplane stalled. i would use the term non life threatening loosely. I received 16 units of blood and suffered and arterial bleed in the right leg. im currently in recovery and trying to get back as well as possible. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01991600557312184938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-34413946845905262212020-06-26T23:20:27.958-04:002020-06-26T23:20:27.958-04:00Many fatal accident crashes look better than this ...Many fatal accident crashes look better than this destroyed wreck.SkyKinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089165996859018750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-32982061248484466882020-06-23T12:50:30.794-04:002020-06-23T12:50:30.794-04:00They say no life-threatening injuries, but the def...They say no life-threatening injuries, but the deformation of the aircraft looks extreme and having to be freed from the wreck is not the same as walking away. Hope he can make a full recovery.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com