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| Date: | Monday 29 June 2009 |
| Time: | 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-602 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N5192T |
| MSN: | 602-0527 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3600 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PT6A-66 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Knobel, Arkansas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Knobel, AR |
| Knobel, AR | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the commercial pilot, he was maneuvering the airplane to apply fertilizer to a customer's field when the engine lost power. The commercial pilot performed a forced landing to a flooded rice field resulting in substantial damage to the left wing spar and firewall. An examination of the engine revealed that the P-3 tube had failed. No other anomalies were noted with the airplane's airframe, engine, or related systems.
Probable Cause: The failure of the P-3 tube resulting in the loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN09LA401
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 May 2003 | N5192T | Frost Flying Service Inc | 0 | Benkelman, Nebraska | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Oct-2022 17:08 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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