- Date
- September 16, 1991, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sumner, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1004WAir Tractor AT-401
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910916040069A
- Case key
- 32926
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Probable cause
Failure of the no. 1 cylinder assembly.
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
The pilot was in cruise flight at 500 feet AGL when the engine began to run rough and quit. An emergency landing was conducted to a dirt road in a cotton field. During the landing roll the airplane collided with an on ground object (tall cotton) and sustained substantial damage. The pilot received minor injuries. Visual inspection of the engine assembly revealed the no. 1 cylinder had split from the exhaust port to the front spark plug hole.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1004W
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-401
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0687
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Flautt Flying Sevice, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Flautt Flying Sevice, Inc.
- Departed
- NONE · Webb, MS
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 7,500 total · 850 in this make and model · 7,425 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWO, 35 nm away
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 N1004W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.