- Date
- June 15, 1990, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ulysses, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3650ZAir Tractor AT-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900615021079A
- Case key
- 34999
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Probable cause
Failure of the powerplant cylinder and stall/mush encountered by the pilot in command.
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
While performing an aerial application operation, the commercial plt said that the engine lost partial power, followed shortly by a total loss of power. An emergency ldg was attempted on a county, gravel road; however, the acft stalled and struck the road's shoulder, short of the road. Post accident investigation revealed a cracked #1 cylinder caused the engine failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3650Z
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0254
- Airframe hours
- 2,234
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Murphy Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 5, 1989 · 88 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,700 total · 3,072 in this make and model · 9,700 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.