ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 372615
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Date: | Saturday 18 July 1987 |
Time: | 11:30 LT |
Type: | Air Tractor AT-301 |
Owner/operator: | Pugh City Flying Ser.,inc. |
Registration: | N7310N |
MSN: | 3010649 |
Total airframe hrs: | 459 hours |
Engine model: | P&W R-1340-AN1 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Swiftown, MS -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Agricultural |
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Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WHILE SPRAYING COTTON, SEVERE VIBRATION WAS FELT THROUGHOUT THE ACFT & THE PLT ELECTED A FORCED LDG. DURING THE FLARE, THE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED TO RAISE THE NOSE, & THE PLT DISCOVERED THE ENG HAD TOTALLY FAILED. THE ACFT FLIPPED INVERTED ON TOUCH DOWN. AN EXAM OF THE ENG REVEALED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT ASSY, P/N 270458, HAD FAILED AT THE THROUGH BOLT LOCATION OF THE FRONT CRANKSHAFT CHEEK.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA87LA209 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MIA87LA209
Revision history:
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