# Accident 20010828023619A: Airtrc AT401, Batesville, MS, August 28, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2001, 16:00 local time
- Place: Batesville, MS
- Airport: Panola County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.3108° N, 89.9306° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3108&lon=-89.9306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91922, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91922-2002-01-11) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010828023619A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON AUGUST 28, 2001, AT 1600 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-401, N91922, COLLIDED WITH TREES AND THE GROUND THEN CAUGHT FIRE AFTER A COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES TO A FIELD IN BATESVILLE, MISSISSIPPI. THE AGRICULTURAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 137. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT AND BY POST-IMPACT FIRE; THE COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED THE PANOLA COUNTY AIRPORT (0M6) IN BATESVILLE AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME. REPORTEDLY, WHILE CONDUCTING AN AERIAL APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES TO A FIELD, THE PILOT COMMENCED A STEEP LEFT TURN TO REVERSE DIRECTION AFTER SPRAYING A SWATH OF FIELD. DURING THE STEEP BANKING MANEUVER, THE AIRPLANE LOST ENGINE POWER, AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN THE FIELD BUT WAS UNABLE TO MANEUVER AROUND A 30-FOOT-WIDE STRIP OF TREES THAT SEPARATED TWO FIELDS. THE AIRPLANE HIT THE TREES AND CAME TO REST IN A FLAT ATTITUDE IN THE ADJACENT FIELD AND CAUGHT FIRE. ADDITIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES RELATED TO THIS ACCIDENT ARE NOT YET KNOWN.  THE AIRPLANE HAS BEEN RELEASED FOR REMOVAL AND FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE. (-23) WHILE CONDUCTING AN AERIAL APPLICATION, THE ENGINE STOPPED AND THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED IN THE ENSUING 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 ATL01LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA099), Aug 28, 2001: Air Tractor AT-401 (N91922), Batesville, MS, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for an emergency landing.

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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