19880919043699A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT-301 · Ferriday, LA · September 19, 1988

Date
September 19, 1988 · 15:00 local
Place
Ferriday, LA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
SIDG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N31646
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW88DRD21
Reported as
Airtrc AT301
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total1,000 in this make and model400 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.

Crash landed when engine quit during a spray run. Cylinder head cracked but did not cause the power loss.

As the FAA filed it

CRASH LANDED WHEN ENGINE QUIT DURING A SPRAY RUN. CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED BUT DID NOT CAUSE THE POWER LOSS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.