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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-401 · Natchitoches, LA · August 24, 2014

Date
August 24, 2014 · 18:05 local
Place
Natchitoches, LA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
RZIG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N91968
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN14LA450
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-401
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,904 total2,591 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On climb out pilot experienced large ?pop? And smoke from engine. Started back to strip, dumped load and crashed. Pilot got out and plane caught fire.

As the FAA filed it

ON CLIMB OUT PILOT EXPERIENCED LARGE ?POP? AND SMOKE FROM ENGINE. STARTED BACK TO STRIP, DUMPED LOAD AND CRASHED. PILOT GOT OUT AND PLANE CAUGHT FIRE.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N91968 · 1

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