ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 133668
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Date: | Friday 21 August 1998 |
Time: | 13:30 |
Type: | Air Tractor AT-401 |
Owner/operator: | Cane Lake Aero Inc |
Registration: | N1013Z |
MSN: | 401-0718 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2159 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Ruleville, MS -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:On August 21, 1998, about 1330 central daylight time, an Air Tractor AT-401, N1013Z, registered to Cane Lake Aero Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight, experienced a reported engine fire on takeoff. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed by fire. The commercial pilot reported no injuries. The flight was originating from Cane Lake Aero, a private airstrip, Ruleville, Mississippi, at the time of the accident.
The pilot stated he was on takeoff to the north. The engine started backfiring, he smelled fuel, and observed a low fuel pressure light. He aborted the takeoff and started an emergency shutdown. He realized the airplane was on fire and exited the airplane after it came to a complete stop.
Examination of the aircraft wreckage failed to reveal the source of the fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE:A fire of undetermined origin.
Sources:
NTSB id 20001211X10924
F.A.A.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Dec-2016 19:26 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
23-Mar-2021 10:44 |
BEAVERSPOTTER |
Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
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