19870522015689A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT-301 · Weslaco, TX · May 22, 1987

Date
May 22, 1987 · 07:30 local
Place
Weslaco, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
EXUG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5210S
Reported as
Airtrc AT301
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,620 total2,098 in this make and model84 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The agricultural spray aircraft landed in a field after engine failure. Impeller bearing and shaft had failed.

As the FAA filed it

THE AGRICULTURAL SPRAY AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD AFTER ENGINE FAILURE. IMPELLER BEARING AND SHAFT HAD FAILED.