ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 288152
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| Date: | Thursday 26 August 2010 |
| Time: | 09:35 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-401 |
| Owner/operator: | Rustys Flying Service |
| Registration: | N4530L |
| MSN: | 401-0761 |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE331 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Castroville, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | D'Hanis, TX |
| D'Hanis, TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, he was maneuvering the airplane to reverse direction when the engine experienced a loss of power. The pilot leveled the airplane and attempted to restart the engine without success. During the forced landing, the airplane impacted several trees and bushes and was substantially damaged. A postaccident engine examination revealed that the torque sensor bearing failed resulting in the shutdown of the fuel system.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to the failure of the torque sensor bearing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN10LA503
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 February 2005 | N4530L | Frontier Agricultural Service, Inc. | 0 | Calexico, California | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 19:03 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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