- Date
- July 18, 1987, 08:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hollandale, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3652NAir Tractor AT-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870718035299A
- Case key
- 13591
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After making a swath run the aircraft pulled up to clear power lines. Witnesses state that the engine cut out and aircraft pitched nose down and began to rotate. They state that the engine regained power just prior to impact. Subsequent investigation failed to reveal any mechanical discrepancies that would have contributed to the accident. Conditions were not conducive to carb ice and fuel was found at the site in the lines leading to the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3652N
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0268
- Airframe hours
- 1,657
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Air Ag, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Agri-Tractor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 17, 1987 · 120 hours before
- Departed
- AEL · Albert Lea, MN
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,774 total · 7 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 19 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RST, 26 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.