# Accident 20140612011769A: Air Tractor Inc AT-301, Pearsall, TX, June 12, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2014, 12:00 local time
- Place: Pearsall, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: FQWG
- Location: 28.8800° N, 99.0895° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8800&lon=-99.0895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8593S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8593S-2016-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-301 (registry code 0390103, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-301) (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-301
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 474 total, 220 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA287) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140612011769A

## Narrative

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

WHILE DISPENSING MATERIAL OVER APPLICATION AREA, PILOT REPORTED HE STARTED A CLIMB WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED VIBRATING AND LOSING POWER. THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN THE NEAREST AVAILABLE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTANIED SUBSTANTUAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS LOWER FUSELAGE BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER.

THE ENGINE HAD RECENTLY BEEN OVERHAULED 11 FLIGHT HOURS EARLIER. FUEL ONBOARD AT TIME OF CRASH WAS APPROXIMATLY 20 GALLONS. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.

PREVIOUS TO THIS SPRAY APPLICATION RUN, PILOT HAD NOTICED THE CYLINDER HEAD TEMP. WAS RUNNING HOT AND HAD IT CHECKED BY GROUND CREW AND IT WAS DETERMINED IT WOULD BE SAFE TO CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT SPRAY APPLICATION.

AIRCRAFT  WAS TRANSPORTED TO GEORGES AIRCRAFT REPAIR IN VERNON, TEXAS FOR ENGINE REMOVAL AT WHICH TIME ENGINE WILL BE SENT TO TULSA AIRCRAFT ENGINES IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA FOR DETERMINATION OF FAILURE.

FINAL REPORT OF ENGINE TEAR DOWN WILL BE SENT TO THE NTSB.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN14LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA287), Jun 12, 2014: Air Tractor AT 301 (N8593S), Pearsall, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the No. 1 cylinder rod at the link pin. Contributing to the accident was oil starvation to the rod bearing due to the improper flushing of the oil cooler, which allowed metal and other…

## Other reports on N8593S (1)

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

- [Accident 19810930064589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810930064589A), Sep 30, 1981: Airtrc AT301 (N8593S), Lonoke, AR, Substantial damage. Lost portion of propeller blade during an ag fflight. Nosed over on forced landing. Nick in prop blade at separation

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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