# Accident 20080517836149A: Airtrc AT401, Mumford, TX, May 17, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2008, 18:00 local time
- Place: Mumford, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZBRG
- Location: 30.7344° N, 96.5650° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mumford, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7344&lon=-96.5650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15420, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15420-2008-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-401 (registry code 0390204, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 (registry code 51612, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1340-an-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT401
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080517836149A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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