Air Tractor AT-301 N36597

Summary

On 7 April 2009 at about 17:06 local time, a Air Tractor AT-301 registered N36597, operated by Wenzel Richard E, was involved in an accident near Corning, Arkansas, 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

7 April 2009 at 17:06

Classification

Accident

Location

Corning, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Corning Municipal Airport (4M9)

Coordinates

36.4101, -90.5797

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT-301

Registration

N36597

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Wenzel Richard E

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Corning → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

CEN09LA239

Nobody was injured.

A loss of engine power due to the failure of the number one engine cylinder for undetermined reasons.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial pilot was on departure from initial takeoff when the engine "popped" several times and stopped producing power. The pilot performed a forced landing in a rice field off the departure end of the runway. The pilot found the number one cylinder head cracked during a postaccident examination of the airplane. Additional examination of the airplane revealed damage to the left aileron and both horizontal stabilizers. Additional examination of the cracked cylinder head could not be accomplished and a cause of the failure was not determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.