ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174391
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 January 2004 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-802 |
| Owner/operator: | Forestair |
| Registration: | N1531S |
| MSN: | 802-0002 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Los Angeles -
 Chile
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Talca |
| Aeródromo María Dolores, Los Ángeles | |
| Investigating agency: | DGAC Chile |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On January 27, 2004, about 1847 Atlantic daylight time, an Air Tractor, AT-802, N1531S, registered to AG Aviation Ltd. and operated by Forestair, lost engine power and crashed during a force landing in Los Angeles, Chile. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane incurred substantial damage; the commercial-rated pilot was reported to have no injuries. The flight originated from the Talca airfield in Chile, at an unspecified time earlier that day.
Information giving by the Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil of Chile states that the pilot reported the chip-detector light came on while at 1,500 feet and about 10 seconds later the engine lost power. The pilot performed a forced landing in a area of heavy shrubbery.
Probable Cause of Accident
The probable cause of the accident would have been the stoppage of the engine in flight caused by the interruption of the flow of fuel, when the fuel control unit (FCU) ceased to function, due to which the pilot of the aircraft had to make a forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040206X00168&key=1
https://www.dgac.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1330.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Mar-2015 20:33 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 09-May-2020 11:50 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2020 11:51 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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