Air Tractor AT-400A N3159C

Summary

On 19 August 1987 at about 13:21 local time, a Air Tractor AT-400A registered N3159C was involved in an accident near Monroe, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 August 1987 at 13:21

Classification

Accident

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

Monroe Reg. (MLU)

Coordinates

32.4992, -92.3392

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT-400A

Registration

N3159C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Monroe → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW87DRD13

Nobody was injured.

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

THE AG PILOT PULLED UP FROM A SWATH RUN WHILE SPRAYING CHEMICALS ON COTTON AND THE PT 6A-20A ENGINE IN HIS AIRCRAFT EXPLODED. A POST ACCIDENT TEARDOWN OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THE BLADES OF A COMPRESSOR DISK HAD FAILED CAUSING A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. REASON FOR FAILURE OF THE BLADES WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE COTTON FIELD WAS LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY OF THE REGIONAL AIRPORT AT MONROE, LA, HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO REACH A RUNWAY FOR LANDING AND AIRSPEED WAS NOT MAINTAINED. THIS RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.