ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285652
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| Date: | Monday 25 August 2008 |
| Time: | 10:45 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-301A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3654T |
| MSN: | 301-0290 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney 1340-AN-1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jasper, Minnesota -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Garretson, SD (KPVT) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported he was spraying a field at an altitude of 5 to 10 feet above the ground, when the engine ran rough, stopped, started, then stopped again. He reported he tried to land in an open pasture, but the airplane lost too much altitude while making a left turn. The pilot leveled the wings and the airplane contacted the terrain. The airplane traveled through a fence and a ditch prior to crossing a road and coming to rest in another ditch. Post accident inspection of the airplane revealed the fuel primer control knob was not locked and it had backed out.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to assure the primer control was locked during the aircraft preflight. Factors associated with the accident were the low altitude at which the airplane was operating, the fence, the roadway, and the ditch.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI08CA266
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2022 12:51 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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