ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214825
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 August 2018 |
| Time: | 13:23 |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-301 |
| Owner/operator: | Ag Air Service Inc. |
| Registration: | N3164K |
| MSN: | 301-0535 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6578 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R1340-AN1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | southwest of Hutchinson, Reno county, KS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Hutchinson, KS (HUT) |
| Hutchinson, KS (HUT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot reported that he had been flying for about 1 hour and was returning to the airport when the engine lost total power while the airplane was about 1,000 ft above ground level (agl). Although the engine momentarily regained power twice, for about 3 seconds each time when he used the manual fuel pump, the airplane continued to lose altitude. He attempted to land on a road but was unable to properly align the airplane’s flightpath with the road. The airplane stalled about 20 ft agl, contacted the road, and bounced before coming to rest in an adjacent field, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. A postaccident engine examination did not reveal any evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N3164K
Location
Media:
USA, Kansas, Cropduster plane crash-lands near Hutchinson, sheriff say. There was no injuries. https://t.co/fhgza2Scw9 pic.twitter.com/HaruKRXuAO
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 29 août 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2018 20:38 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 29-Aug-2018 22:04 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2019 07:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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