Air Tractor AT-401 N91842

Summary

On 26 August 2000 at about 01:00 local time, a Air Tractor AT-401 registered N91842, operated by Barry Blackstone, was involved in an accident near Superior, Nebraska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 August 2000 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Superior, Nebraska, United States

Coordinates

40.0208, -98.0592

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT-401

Registration

N91842

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Barry Blackstone

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CHI00LA271

Nobody was injured.

the cracked number 7 cylinder exhaust valve. A factor relating to this accident was the tree.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said he was spraying a milo field, 3 miles southeast of Superior, Nebraska. While in a turn to south, 'the engine started to sputter and miss. Smoke started coming out of the left hand side of the engine ... a substantial power loss followed.' The pilot turned the airplane to the north and attempted to put down in an alfalfa field. During the landing attempt, the airplane struck some hay bales and a tree. An examination of the airplane's engine revealed a cracked exhaust valve on the number 7 cylinder. No other anomalies were found.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.