# Accident 20000125043979A: Airtrc AT401, Rayville, LA, January 25, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2000, 10:55 local time
- Place: Rayville, LA
- Airport: Hook Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.4708° N, 91.7505° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4708&lon=-91.7505&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91968, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91968-2018-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-401 (registry code 0390204, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT401
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,316 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000125043979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 25, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1055 LOCAL TIME (CST) AN AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-401, N91968, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY BULLDOG FLYING SERVICE INC. OF OAK RIDGE, LA, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING IN A PLOWED COTTON FIELD DUE TO ENGINE LOSS OF POWER SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE JOHN H. HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT AT RAYVILLE, LA. SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, A COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

## 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 FTW00LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA074), Jan 25, 2000: Air Tractor AT-401 (N91968), Rayville, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to a crack in the #6 cylinder. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

## Other reports on N91968 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140824015459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140824015459A), Aug 24, 2014: Air Tractor Inc AT-401 (N91968), Natchitoches, LA, Destroyed. On climb out pilot experienced large ?pop? And smoke from engine. Started back to strip, dumped load and crashed. Pilot got out and plane caught fire.

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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