ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 352448
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| Date: | Thursday 14 October 1999 |
| Time: | 10:13 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-301 |
| Owner/operator: | Burkett Flying Service |
| Registration: | N23930 |
| MSN: | 301-0465 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5600 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R-1340 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Olton, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Littlefield, TX (Q00) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During an aerial application flight, one of the propeller blades of the agricultural airplane separated approximately midspan. The airplane began to shake violently, and the pilot executed a forced landing in a field. During the landing roll, the pilot applied the brakes to avoid colliding with an irrigation pipe, and the airplane nosed over and came to rest in the inverted position. Examination of the propeller, by an FAA inspector, revealed that it appeared to be damaged due to a wire strike. However, there were no broken high wires found in the immediate area of the accident site, and the pilot did not recall striking any wires. It could not be determined whether the damage had occurred just prior to the blade failure or if the blade had been damaged and not properly repaired prior to the flight.
Probable Cause: The inflight separation of the propeller blade due to damage from a wire strike. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW00LA012
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 June 1986 | N23930 | Bob Provine | 0 | Vaiden, MS | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 07-Mar-2024 14:31 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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