CLEWISTON, FL, USA
N7318K
Air Tractor AT-502
The pilot stated that as he was taxiing out for takeoff, crossing a culvert, he was too close to the edge of the culvert. The dirt edge collapsed and the right main landing gear slid into the ditch.
On June 2, 1998, at about 1450 eastern daylight time, an Air Tractor AT-502, N7318K, registered to LTI Aviation Services Inc., operated by Air Crop Care Inc., as a 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight, slid into a ditch while taxiing for takeoff in the vicinity of Clewiston , Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The commercial pilot reported no injuries. The flight was originating from a road at the time of the accident . Witnesses and the pilot stated, he taxied too close to the edge of a culvert that was crossing the road. The edge of the dirt next to the culvert collapsed and the airplane slid into the ditch.
The pilot's inadequate visual lookout while taxiing for takeoff.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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