# Incident 20110716014239I: Air Tractor Inc AT-401, Plattsmouth, NE, July 16, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2011, 09:30 local time
- Place: Plattsmouth, NE
- Airport: Plattsmouth
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: Q3IG
- Location: 40.9479° N, 95.9173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Plattsmouth Municipal Airport (PMV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9479&lon=-95.9173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1558Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1558Y-2019-05-06) (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: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-401
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110716014239I

## Narrative

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

ON 07/16/2011, RECEIVED NOTICE OF AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT INVOLVING AN AT-401, N1558Y. ARRIVING ON SCENE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH AND 2 ¼ WEST OF MURRAY, NEBRASKA, AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE PILOT THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 0930, THE AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN AGRICULTURE OPERATIONS. AIRCRAFT LOST POWER WHILE RETURNING TO BASE OF OPERATIONS, PLATTSMOUTH AIRPORT (PMV), NEBRASKA. AIRCRAFT ENGINE IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER AFTER SEVERE VIBRATIONS, AND PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A BEAN FIELD. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TAIL WHEEL, LEFT WING TIP AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, AS A RESULT OF THE OFF-AIRPORT LANDING. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED DURING THIS INCIDENT.ASI VERIFIED FUEL, OIL, AND GENERAL AIRWORTHINESS OF AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAINTAINED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.  NTSB WAS NOTIFIED AND RESPONDED WITH NO NOTIFICATION NEEDED PER AIRCRAFT INCIDENT.RECEIVED ENGINE TEAR DOWN REPORT DATED SEPTEMBER 29, 2011, IN REFERENCE TO ENGINE S/N #21813, FROM YOUNKIN AVIATION, INC., 14925 WOOLSEY ROAD, WEST FORK, AR 72774. THE REPORT LISTED AS FAILURE WAS NOT DUE TO NORMAL WEAR. IT APPEARS THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED FROM IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES AT AN UNKNOWN TIME PRIOR TO ENGINE FAILURE. THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE #5 CYLINDER MASTER ROD THAT HAPPENED DURING START-UP WOULD DETERMINE HOW LONG THE ENGINE WILL RUN BEFORE FAILURE.

## Other reports on N1558Y (3)

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

- [Incident 20170522006849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170522006849I), May 22, 2017: Air Tractor Inc AT-401 (N1558Y), Stuttgart, AR, Minor damage. On may 22, 2017 at 1240 CST, an Air tractor AT-104, N1558Y, owned and registered to a certificated agricultural operator and piloted by the commercial rated…
- [Incident 20110218001969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110218001969I), Feb 18, 2011: Air Tractor AT-401 (N1558Y), Pioneer, LA, Minor damage. With a load of fertilizer, on take off roll after 100 yards the right main landing gear tire blew out. The right main wheel dug into the ground causing the…
- [Incident 20020620022499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020620022499I), Jun 20, 2002: Airtrc AT401 (N1558Y), Monroe, LA, Minor damage. (-23) On June 20, 2002 at 8:21 a.m., Mr. Frederick p. mulhern made an emergency landing at Monroe Regional Airport at Monroe, Louisiana. The pilot was not…

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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