- Date
- May 13, 1991, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tutwiler, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8563SAir Tractor AT-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910513015759A
- Case key
- 32869
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Probable cause
Fatigue failure of one of the propeller blades resulting in the forced landing. Contributing to the accident was lack of suitable terrain.
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
A piece of one of the propeller blades separated due to fatigue during a turn to reverse direction. After touchdown in a field during the forced landing, the acft nosed over. Review of the acft logbook revealed that 5 days before the accident, a nick in one of the propeller blades was repaired but the entry doesn't specify which blade. The operator utilizes a gravel rwy at his facility.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8563S
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0146
- Airframe hours
- 4,560
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Flying Y Aero, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Flying Y Aero, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1990 · 238 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 8,400 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
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 N8563S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.