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| Date: | Friday 26 July 2002 |
| Time: | 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-301 |
| Owner/operator: | Ulen Aviation |
| Registration: | N3167P |
| MSN: | 301-0553 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5382 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ulen, Minnesota -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Ulen, MN |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane was damaged when it impacted into a soybean field and nosed over during takeoff from a private airstrip. In a written statement, the pilot stated, "Departed as normal, aircraft at midpoint didn't seem to accelerate normally. By the time I got done rechecking flaps, prop, mixture, [and] power, my booms caught the soybeans [and] pulled me down until I went inverted. A postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any anomalies.
Probable Cause: The pilot not performing an aborted takeoff. A factor was the soybean crop.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI02LA221
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2022 12:05 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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