BROWNSVILLE, TX, USA
N23692
AIR TRACTOR AT-301
THE AG ACFT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT FAILED TO PULL OUT OF AN AERIAL APPLICATION MANEUVER FOLLOWING THE INITIAL SWATH RUN OVER A FIELD. THE PLT STATED THAT AFTER MAKING HIS TURN TO RETURN TO THE FIELD, HE ATTEMPTED TO LEVEL THE ACFT AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM THE ELEVATOR CONTROLS. THE OPERATOR'S POST-ACDT EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT AN 'AN-410' BOLT WAS MISSING BETWEEN THE ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE AND THE ELEVATOR HORNS. THE BOLT AND LOCK NUT WERE NOT FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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