- Date
- April 5, 1990, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hornersville, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1015AAir Tractor AT-401
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900405007739A
- Case key
- 34957
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Probable cause
Failure of an engine cylinder.
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 said that shortly after takeoff, during an aerial application operation, the engine failed. An emergency landing was made in a soft, muddy farm field, resulting in a nose over and substantial damage to the acft. A post-accident investigation revealed the #9 cylinder on the powerplant had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1015A
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-401
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 401-0735
- Airframe hours
- 57
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Simonton & Winborn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 27, 1989 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- 37M · Hornersville, MO
- Airport
- 37M · Hornersville, runway 18, 2,640 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,750 total · 150 in this make and model · 3,650 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 110 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °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.