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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-401 · Kearney, NE · August 6, 2011

Date
August 6, 2011 · 14:30 local
Place
Kearney, NE
Airport
Kearney Regional
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
4AUG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9190N
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-401
Reported engine
WALTER M601E-11
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
11,766 total3,814 in this make and model130 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.

Engine lost power shortly after take-off and quit. Investigation found small metal pieces in the exhaust stack, indicating an internal engine failure. Engine is scheduled to ship to premier turbines in neosho, MO, for tear down. This report will be amended after the results of the tear down are known.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF AND QUIT. INVESTIGATION FOUND SMALL METAL PIECES IN THE EXHAUST STACK, INDICATING AN INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. ENGINE IS SCHEDULED TO SHIP TO PREMIER TURBINES IN NEOSHO, MO, FOR TEAR DOWN. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED AFTER THE RESULTS OF THE TEAR DOWN ARE KNOWN.