- Date
- June 28, 1989, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lonoke, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3653MAir Tractor 301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890628018139A
- Case key
- 34821
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Probable cause
Partial failure of the power-plant for undetermined reasons.
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
Shortly after takeoff, during an aerial application operation, the pilot said that the engine lost substantial power. He said that he began to dump his load, but the aircraft was not developing enough power to stay airborne, so he attempted to make an emergency landing in a farm pasture. During the ldg attempt, a cow was struck and killed, then the acft slid to a stop on the edge of a rice field. Post accident investigation failed to reveal the cause of the engine failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3653M
- Reported as
- Air Tractor 301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0272
- Airframe hours
- 4,663
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Tidwell Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Tidwell Flying Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 28, 1989 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Lonoke, AR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 9,900 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- 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.