- Date
- March 14, 1987, 07:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Oluskee, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8865SAir Tractor 301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22176
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,cylinder - separationCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Analysis
During aerial application the engine sustained a power loss due to separation of the number 9 cylinder head. During the forced landing in rough terrain the aircraft was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8865S
- Reported as
- Air Tractor 301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0219
- Airframe hours
- 2,429
- Engine
- P&W R1340AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Jackson County Spray Serv.,Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 23, 1986 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- FO0 · Oluskee, OK
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 270 in this make and model · 2,700 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 49 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F