# Accident 20170824013639A: Air Tractor Inc AT-401, Pearsall, TX, August 24, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2017, 10:00 local time
- Place: Pearsall, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: FQWG
- Location: 28.8764° N, 99.0053° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8764&lon=-99.0053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4532F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4532F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402 (registry code 0390205, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-27 series (registry code 52141, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-27-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-401
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 583 total, 290 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA330) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170824013639A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM T30 AIRFIELD IN PEARSALL, TX FOR A ROUTINE AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING APPLICATION. DURING THE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. DUE TO SOFT GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND BECAME INVERTED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN17LA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA330), Aug 24, 2017: Air Tractor AT 401 (N4532F), Pearsall, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue crack of an engine cylinder, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power.

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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