# Incident 20110806021109I: Air Tractor Inc AT-401, Kearney, NE, August 6, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2011, 14:30 local time
- Place: Kearney, NE
- Airport: Kearney Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 4AUG
- Location: 40.7270° N, 99.0068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEARNEY RGNL (EAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7270&lon=-99.0068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9190N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9190N-2013-05-03) (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: WALTER M601E-11
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 11,766 total, 3,814 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110806021109I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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