- Date
- June 14, 1991, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2361CAir Tractor 301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910614021929A
- Case key
- 32884
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power due to a cracked cylinder and the pilot's inadvertent 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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,cylinder - crackedFactor
Loss of control - in flight
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
Hard landing
Nose over
Analysis
During a spray pass the no. 1 cyl cracked across the top from one spark plug hole to the other. The eng subsequently quit. While attempting to clear trees, the acft stalled, landed hard in a field, then came to rest inverted. The eng was overhauled 1,050 hrs earlier.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2361C
- Reported as
- Air Tractor 301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0399
- Airframe hours
- 3,260
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Clark,Don, doing business as Clark Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Clark,Don
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 23, 1990 · 200 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 7,519 total · 1,660 in this make and model · 7,479 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.