Air Tractor AT301A N3169N
12 July 1987 · Baderville, Missouri, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 12 July 1987 at about 21:00 local time, a Air Tractor AT301A registered N3169N, operated by Kewanee AG Service, was involved in an accident near Baderville, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 21:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Baderville, Missouri, United States
- Coordinates
- 36.5502, -89.8106
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor AT301A
- Registration
- N3169N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Kewanee AG Service
- Operating rule
- Part 137: Agricultural
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Application
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Kewanee → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MKC87LA137
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATION, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT ENGINE VIBRATION. HE REDUCED POWER AND ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LDG. ACFT NOSED OVER ON LANDING. THE PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT THROUGH SIDE WINDOW. ACFT CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED APPROXIMATELY FOURTEEN INCHES OF PROPELLER BLADE WAS MISSING. METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION DETERMINED THE BLADE SEPARATION RESULTED FROM STRIKING AN OBJECT IN THE PAST WHICH RESULTED IN A CRACK THAT FINALLY SEPARATED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Air Tractor AT301A accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 1993 | Air Tractor AT301A | Solomon, Kansas, United States | Skytractor, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Mar 1987 | Cessna 182J | Archie, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Mar 1987 | Beechcraft BE-58 | Houston, Missouri, United States | Paramount Corp. | No injuries | - |
| 28 Mar 1987 | Cessna 150F | Fremont, Missouri, United States | Ruth Nickie | No injuries | - |
| 1 Apr 1987 | Cessna 140 | Creve Coeur, Missouri, United States | George Abner Benson | No injuries | - |
| 7 Apr 1987 | Fairchild SA-227 | Springfield, Missouri, United States | Resort Air, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 9 Apr 1987 | Cessna 152 | Kirksville, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |