What happened
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On may 10th 2022privacy data omittedoperator of N31580 Air tractor 301privacy data omitted
privacy data omitted Flew aircraft to his home base dyersburg, TN.
On may 11th privacy data omitted got his aircraft ready to conduct aerial spraying. He left dyersburg airport(kdyr). He conducted sprayer for approx. 1 1/2 hours. He landed for another load pickup. privacy data omitted Flew to conduct another passing of the field, when he noticed fire coming from the right side of the engine. The pilot secured the engine and performed an emergency landing in the field he was spraying. The mains touched down forst, then the tail. Upon a landing the aircraft, the aircraft was slowing down, when it hit a ditch in the field which cause the aircraft to flip over. privacy data omitted Was able to evacuate from the aircraft with minor injuries. FAA inspectors were onscene the following morning. May 13th the aircraft was removed from the field and taken to a secure area for an engine teardown. The 22nd of June the NTSB and a representive from Air tractor arrived where the aircraft was being housed. The engine was inspected and several areas of the exhaust system had seperations whiched cause an exhaust leak which appears to be leaking for sometime. Oil leaked into the openings of the exhaust which cause the fire in the engine bay. The aiccraft was had an annual inspection completed on the 4th of may 2022 6 days before privacy data omittedtook control of the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
ON MAY 10TH 2022^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR OF N31580 AIR TRACTOR 301^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLEW AIRCRAFT TO HIS HOME BASE DYERSBURG, TN.
ON MAY 11TH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GOT HIS AIRCRAFT READY TO CONDUCT AERIAL SPRAYING. HE LEFT DYERSBURG AIRPORT(KDYR). HE CONDUCTED SPRAYER FOR APPROX. 1 1/2 HOURS. HE LANDED FOR ANOTHER LOAD PICKUP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLEW TO CONDUCT ANOTHER PASSING OF THE FIELD, WHEN HE NOTICED FIRE COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE. THE PILOT SECURED THE ENGINE AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE FIELD HE WAS SPRAYING. THE MAINS TOUCHED DOWN FORST, THEN THE TAIL. UPON A LANDING THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWING DOWN, WHEN IT HIT A DITCH IN THE FIELD WHICH CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ABLE TO EVACUATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES. FAA INSPECTORS WERE ONSCENE THE FOLLOWING MORNING. MAY 13TH THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE FIELD AND TAKEN TO A SECURE AREA FOR AN ENGINE TEARDOWN. THE 22ND OF JUNE THE NTSB AND A REPRESENTIVE FROM AIR TRACTOR ARRIVED WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING HOUSED. THE ENGINE WAS INSPECTED AND SEVERAL AREAS OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM HAD SEPERATIONS WHICHED CAUSE AN EXHAUST LEAK WHICH APPEARS TO BE LEAKING FOR SOMETIME. OIL LEAKED INTO THE OPENINGS OF THE EXHAUST WHICH CAUSE THE FIRE IN THE ENGINE BAY. THE AICCRAFT WAS HAD AN ANNUAL INSPECTION COMPLETED ON THE 4TH OF MAY 2022 6 DAYS BEFORE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.
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