Accident Air Tractor 301 N3167P,
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Date:Friday 26 July 2002
Time:10:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic AT3P model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Air Tractor 301
Owner/operator:Ulen Aviation
Registration: N3167P
MSN: 301-0553
Year of manufacture:1984
Total airframe hrs:5382 hours
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN2
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Ulen, Minnesota -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:Ulen, MN
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The airplane was damaged when it impacted into a soybean field and nosed over during takeoff from a private airstrip. In a written statement, the pilot stated, "Departed as normal, aircraft at midpoint didn't seem to accelerate normally. By the time I got done rechecking flaps, prop, mixture, [and] power, my booms caught the soybeans [and] pulled me down until I went inverted. A postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any anomalies.

Probable Cause: The pilot not performing an aborted takeoff. A factor was the soybean crop.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: CHI02LA221
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 9 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB CHI02LA221

Revision history:

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