ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 354446
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 May 1998 |
| Time: | 07:30 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-301 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4326S |
| MSN: | 301-0006 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8031 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W 1340-AN1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Idaho Falls, ID -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Rigby, ID (U56) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
As the pilot approached the agricultural application airstrip, he decided that he would land downwind so that he would end his landing roll near the equipment that would be used to load the aircraft. After the aircraft touched down, the pilot became uncomfortable with the downwind landing, and elected to make a go-around. He applied power two separate times during the attempted go-around, but both times the engine coughed and sputtered and would not accelerate. The pilot therefore decided to abort the go-around, and attempted to stop the aircraft in the remaining runway. According to the pilot, as the aircraft was slowing, the tailwind picked up the aft end of the aircraft and caused it to nose over. In a post- accident telephone interview, the pilot said that he had failed to readjust the engine fuel mixture from its more-lean cruise setting prior to landing. He further stated that the engine had been working fine, and that he felt sure that if he had adjusted the mixture prior to landing that the engine would have accelerated when he added power for the go-around.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate inflight decision to land with a tailwind and his failure to maintain aircraft control. Also contributing was the pilot's improper setting of the fuel mixture which resulted in a partial loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA98LA079
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 July 1995 | N4326S | Private | 0 | Roberts, ID | |
sub |
| 1 August 2022 | N4326S | Marlow Aviation LLC | 0 | near Lamoni, IA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 11-Mar-2024 14:27 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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