- Date
- May 22, 1987, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Weslaco, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5510SAir Tractor AT301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22210
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(total) - mech failure/malf
Eng assembly,blower/impeller/integral supercharger - failure,partialCause
Forced landing
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
During an aerial application flt the eng lost pwr and the plt made a forced lndg. Post acc disassembly of the acft eng revealed the failure of an impeller bearing which resulted in the failure of the eng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5510S
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3010122
- Airframe hours
- 4,364
- Engine
- P&W R1340-14B, 550 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- James B. Skalitsky
- Registered owner
- Larry Skalitsky
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 17, 1986 · 200 hours before
- Departed
- Edcouch, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,620 total · 2,098 in this make and model · 2,549 as pilot in command · 84 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 13° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg