20140819015309A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-401 · Wray, CO · August 19, 2014

Date
August 19, 2014 · 07:45 local
Place
Wray, CO
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
K9JG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4542W
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN14LA439
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-401
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
720 total400 in this make and model270 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.

On 08/19/2014 at 0745 MDT, N4542W, an Air tractor AG-401 restricted airworthiness airplane flipped on landing in a field after power loss. The sole commercial pilot suffered a minor injury. He was TRANSP0RTED by ambulance to the hospital for treatment. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. The weather at the time was VMC.

As the FAA filed it

ON 08/19/2014 AT 0745 MDT, N4542W, AN AIR TRACTOR AG-401 RESTRICTED AIRWORTHINESS AIRPLANE FLIPPED ON LANDING IN A FIELD AFTER POWER LOSS. THE SOLE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUFFERED A MINOR INJURY. HE WAS TRANSP0RTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC.

NTSB investigation

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