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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-401 · Hardin, MT · August 16, 2011

Date
August 16, 2011 · 09:00 local
Place
Hardin, MT
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
RVCG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1012T
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR11LA386
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-401
Reported engine
WALTER 601
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
15,600 total5,000 in this make and model250 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.

Turbine engine failed shortly after take off. Pilot made an emergency landing,the aircraft right wing caught in the crop and caused the aircraft to nose into the ground and turn to the right twisting the fuselage aft of the cockpit.

As the FAA filed it

TURBINE ENGINE FAILED SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF. PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING,THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING CAUGHT IN THE CROP AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE INTO THE GROUND AND TURN TO THE RIGHT TWISTING THE FUSELAGE AFT OF THE COCKPIT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.