Loss of 'situational awareness' caused July crop duster crash: TSB
The pilot of a crop duster that plowed into a field near Aberdeen this summer was concentrating on tasks inside the aircraft’s cockpit rather than looking out the windows when he experienced a loss of “situational awareness” and crashed, according to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
The 25-year-old pilot sustained serious injuries and the aircraft, an Air Tractor AT-502B owned by Clayton Air Service, was written off by the July 15 accident; no one else was hurt.
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