GRANGEVILLE, ID, USA
N4340S
AIR TRACTOR AT-301
A PARTIAL POWER LOSS OCCURRED DRG INITIAL CLIMB. THE PLT JETTISONED HIS LOAD & LANDED IN A SOFT FIELD ABOUT 3/4 MI FROM THE RWY, WHERE THE ACFT NOSED OVER. A FIRE ERUPTED, WHICH SELF-EXTINGUISHED MINUTES LATER. THE OPERATOR RPRTD THAT A 10 INCH DROP IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE HAD OCCURRED & THAT A SUSPECTED BLOWER FAILURE WAS THE REASON FOR THE POWER LOSS.
A PARTIAL POWER LOSS DUE TO A BLOWER FAILURE. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE SOFT FIELD CONDITION.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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