# Incident 20050819020459I: Airtrc AT401, Winnie, TX, August 19, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2005, 08:15 local time
- Place: Winnie, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ZTCG
- Location: 29.8022° N, 94.4253° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8022&lon=-94.4253&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4545W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4545W-2020-10-10) (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: GARRTT TPE3312
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 18,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05IA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05IA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050819020459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 08/19/2005, 0815 HRS, AIR TRACTOR, MODEL AT-401, N4545W, S/N 401-0790 DEPARTED WINNIE/STOWALL AIRPORT, T90, ON RUNWAY 17. FLIGHT WAS ENROUTE TO WHARTON REGIONAL AIRPORT, KARM, FOR MAINTENANCE. WHILE STILL CLIMBING AND TURNING TO SOUTHWEST. REACHING AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET, PILOT REDUCED POWER AND ENGINE FAILED. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING ON ADJACENT FIELD ON A NORTHERN HEADING. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SUNK IN A SOFT RUT AND COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT SLID ANOTHER 50 FEET. INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED SEVERAL HOLES IN THE ENGINE COWLING, BREACH OF THE TURBINE SECTION AT THE 12, 6, AND 9 O'CLOCK POSITIONS.

## 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 DFW05IA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05IA222), Aug 19, 2005: Air Tractor AT-401 (N4545W), Winnie, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to the failure of the second-stage turbine wheel as a result of low cycle fatigue.

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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