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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT-401 · Mumford, TX · May 17, 2008

Date
May 17, 2008 · 18:00 local
Place
Mumford, TX
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
ZBRG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N15420
Reported as
Airtrc AT401
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
21,000 total4,000 in this make and model10 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.

(-23) The pilot was in the top of a turn when the engine started shaking real bad and was losing power. Pilot scanned engine instruments and noticed the chip light on and the engine still had oil pressure. On turning to make a landing on the field road the engine completely stopped and was forced to make an emergency landing in the corn field.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT WAS IN THE TOP OF A TURN WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED SHAKING REAL BAD AND WAS LOSING POWER. PILOT SCANNED ENGINE INSTRUMENTS AND NOTICED THE CHIP LIGHT ON AND THE ENGINE STILL HAD OIL PRESSURE. ON TURNING TO MAKE A LANDING ON THE FIELD ROAD THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STOPPED AND WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE CORN FIELD.