N9172R
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- August 27, 1983Accident
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A DIRT BANK DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER AN INFLT POWER LOSS. THE PILOT WAS ENROUTE TO A FIELD AT ABOUT 500 FT AGL WHEN THE POWER LOSS OCCURRED. THE PILOT DID NOT JETTISON HIS LOAD OF CHEMICALS. HE LANDED ON WET GRASS AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME TO AVOID THE EMBANKMENT. THE ENGINE WAS EXAMINED AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE CRANKSHAFTWAS BROKEN BETWEEN THE #3 MAIN JOURNAL AND THE #3 CONNECTING ROD JOURNAL. THE #3 MAIN BEARINGS WERE WORN AND HAD BEEN ROTATING ON THE CRANKSHAFT