Mohall Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Mohall, North Dakota 58761
Saturday, June 23, 2001 10:20 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot said he was using reverse thrust to back away from a loading area onto the ramp to taxi out for take off. The pilot said that a delivery truck pulled in behind him and stopped with his back to him. The airplane's right elevator struck the back of the truck. An examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the pilot not maintaining clearance between the airplane and the truck when he backed the airplane off of the loading pad. Factors relating to this accident was the pilot's inadequate visual lookout and the truck.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/23/2001
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1020
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City MOHALL
Event State NORTH DAKOTA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 58761
Event Date Year 2001
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? Yes
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport MOHALL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
Event Location Nearest Airport ID HBC
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 1650
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 945 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 150
Weather Observation Facility ID MOT
Elevation of weather observation facility 1715
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 34
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 15000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 12
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 23
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 17
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 220
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 14
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.79
Density Altitude (feet) 3228
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 10386
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Jun 23 2001 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1517
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Aug 29 2001 10:56AM
User who most recently changed record MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N3300L
NTSB Number CHI01LA188
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 137: Agricultural
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Ayres
Aircraft Model S2R-G1
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number GI-102
Certified Max Gross Weight 12500
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 1
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Apr 6 2001 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 100
Airframe Hours 1390
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name HETTS AGRI SERVICE
Aircraft Owner Street Address HWY 5 WEST
Aircraft Owner City MOHAL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
Aircraft Owner State ND
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 58761
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate --
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Agriculture
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Aerial Application
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code HBC
Departure City MOHALL
Departure State ND
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1020
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code HBC
Destination City MOHALL
Destination State ND
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Taxi
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Oct 10 2002 3:46PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 31
Runway Length 3121
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --