ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292249
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| Date: | Thursday 1 June 2006 |
| Time: | 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-401 |
| Owner/operator: | Roger Quinn |
| Registration: | N7318C |
| MSN: | 401-0680 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1820 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Garden City, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Garden City, TX |
| Garden City, TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The non-instrument rated commercial pilot departed on a maintenance test flight in a single-engine agricultural airplane. During the test flight the airplane's radial engine lost power and the pilot elected to execute a forced landing to a cotton field. The airplane sustained structural damage during the forced landing. There was no fire and the pilot was able to egress the airplane unassisted. The winds at the time of the accident were reported from 040 degrees at 11knots, gusting to 18 knots. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, who traveled to the accident site, confirmed the airplane sustained structural damage during the forced landing. Additionally, the inspector reported that the aircraft ran out of fuel. Despite repeated attempts by the Investigator-In-Charge (IIC), the pilot failed to return a completed Pilot Operator Aircraft Accident Report Form (NTSB Form 6120.1).
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper in-flight planning resulting in the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DFW06CA149
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 August 1990 | N7318C | Private | 0 | Jacksonville, AR | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 08-Oct-2022 16:18 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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