Air Tractor AT-301 N4427S

Summary

On 26 March 2008 at about 14:00 local time, a Air Tractor AT-301 registered N4427S was involved in an accident near Plains, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 March 2008 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Plains, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Private (NONE)

Coordinates

37.2561, -100.5886

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT-301

Registration

N4427S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lakin → Plains

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW08CA086

Nobody was injured.

A loss of engine power as a result of a blocked carburetor. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial pilot was repositioning a single-engine agricultural airplane to a private grass strip when the engine lost power while on final approach. The pilot was unable to maintain his altitude so he made a forced landing to the only suitable field available. However, during the roll out he applied the brakes to avoid colliding with a large sprinkler apparatus and flipped over. As a result the vertical stabilizer and the rudder were substantially damaged. Further examination of the radial engine by the operator revealed that the flexible intake hose had come loose and was ingested into the carburetor blocking the throat of the carburetor.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.