- Date
- July 15, 1992, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fisher, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3652BAir Tractor AT-301A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920715025679A
- Case key
- 18310
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons and the failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed above a stall.
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
During a daylight agriculture flight the airplane lost engine power for undetermined reasons. At the time of the engine failure the airplane was maneuvering and impacted the ground inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3652B
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0264
- Airframe hours
- 5,232
- Engine
- P&W R1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Jim Socia, doing business as Jim Air
- Registered owner
- Jim Socia
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 1991 · 324 hours before
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,181 total · 810 in this make and model · 3,800 as pilot in command · 350 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3652B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.