ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223369
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 June 2018 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-301 |
| Owner/operator: | Classic Arrow Inc |
| Registration: | N3169D |
| MSN: | 301-0569 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R1340 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hutchinson, MN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Hutchinson, MN (HCD) |
| Hutchinson, MN (HCD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot in the tailwheel-equipped airplane, during an agricultural application flight, he accidentally loaded more fertilizer to disperse than he had initially planned, which made the airplane “heavy.” He chose not to add fuel to prevent the airplane from being over its gross weight. During flight, the engine lost power, and the pilot conducted a forced landed in a dirt field that was water-logged due to recent storms. During the landing roll, the airplane nosed over. The pilot reported that “I misjudged what I believed to be a safe quantity of fuel remaining.”
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the rudder and vertical stabilizer.
The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent total loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2019 20:33 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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