Air Tractor AT-802U accident

A too-short landing at an Army reserve base in California caused substantial damage Air Tractor's AT-802U surveillance, precision strike and utility demonstrator aircraft on 21 October.

According to a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report, a pilot and flight test engineer flying in the two-seat modified agricultural single at the time were testing maximum performance takeoffs and landings on the 1,829m (6,000ft) hard clay Schoonover runway at Fort Hunter Liggett California when the accident occurred. Neither was injured.

Marketing materials, which prominently feature N4247U, reveal that the AT-802U is designed to fly for 10h and carry munitions on 11 hard points under the wings and fuselage, including Gatling guns, Hellfire missiles, laser-guided rockets and laser-guided bombs.

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[agcatdriver]

You can Monday morning quarterback this one all you want... the bottom line is, BOTH crew members walked away. Regardless of what did or didnt happen to cause this accident, that's a win in my book.

[poosanta]

that'll buff out.

[Coco O]

why did he not put the power on and go around guess the back seat driver was asleep hahaha

Could have been his wife giving him instructions how to land hahaha

[Coco O]

Guess they need more training

Hope next time they get it right hahaaah

Lucky they did not tip arse over head

[C Riley]

if he'd just topped off his prop and flap fluid

[swimmerB0B]

10 grand just for the prop repair alone. that might just cover the cost of parts. the FAA and the NTSB have access to info issued by the prop airman, and if the cost is substantial and there has been deaths, injuries, or even just legal action intitiated, they'll feel free to stick their noses into it....

[FREDERICO Fredcelg]

pane no rotor de calda

[Spencer Wilson]

After he bounces and gets the nose high, he just pinned the stick back and waited for it to settle. With the stick all the way back and already so slow he stalled it on the bounce. Instead of only using rudders to keep the nose pointed straight as the left wing drops, he tries to correct with opposite aileron. You can see the right aileron deflect up just as the left wing drops at 0:15 .This only exacerbates the wing drop in a stall because of high angle of attack. Adverse yaw got him.

[stevi7692]

the pilot should've push the throttel at 0:11

[BigWheelHawaii]

Well,,, That Looked Expensive,,,

[TheTruthHurtsYup]

super job piloting.