ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295088
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Date: | Wednesday 15 October 2003 |
Time: | 15:08 LT |
Type: | Ayres S-2R-R3S |
Owner/operator: | Jim Prater |
Registration: | N4013Z |
MSN: | R3S-002 |
Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Midland, Texas -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | Big Spring-Webb AFB, TX (BGS/KBPG) |
Destination airport: | Midland Airpark, TX (MDD/KMDD) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:During an aerial application flight, the pilot's view became obstructed when oil covered the windshield, then the engine lost power, and the pilot executed a forced landing. During the forced landing, the aircraft impacted a concrete culvert, a railroad embankment, a telephone pole, and came to rest inverted. Examination of the turbine engine revealed that a high-pressure, steel-braided oil line, which connected the nose engine case to the oil cooler, had ruptured.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to a ruptured oil line. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain available for the forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW04LA009
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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