# Accident 19980821021709A: Airtrc AT401, Ruleville, MS, August 21, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1998, 13:30 local time
- Place: Ruleville, MS
- Airport: Cane Lake Aero
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KYMG
- Location: 33.7199° N, 90.5498° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7199&lon=-90.5498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1013Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1013Z-2000-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-401 (registry code 0390204, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT401
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 900 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980821021709A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT TOOK OFF FOR AERIAL APPLICATION AND WAS LOW ON FUEL PRESSURE.PILOT STARTED SHUT-DOWN PROCEDURE. (.4) THE PILOT WAS TAKING OFF TO THE NORTH. THE ENGINE STARTED BACKFIRING, HE SMELLED FUEL, AND OBSERVED A LOW FUEL LIGHT. HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND STARTED AN EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN. HE REALIZED THE AIRPLANE WAS ON FIRE AND EXITED THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS NOT DETERMINED. (-23) DURING TAKEOFF PILOT SMELLED FUEL AND NOTICED LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED FIRE ERUPTED UNDER FLOOR AREA AND AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA98LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA228), Aug 21, 1998: Air Tractor AT401 (N1013Z), Ruleville, MS, destroyed. Probable cause: A fire of undetermined origin.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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