# Incident 19780706042479I: Airtrc AT301, Liverpool, TX, July 6, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1978, 08:00 local time
- Place: Liverpool, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 29.3018° N, 95.2745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Liverpool, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3018&lon=-95.2745&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4335S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4335S-2012-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-301 (registry code 0390103, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT301
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 425 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780706042479I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MAIN WHEEL SEPARATED DURING. TAKEOFF ROLL DUE TO A BROKEN AXEL.

## Other reports on N4335S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790526009959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790526009959A), May 26, 1979: Airtrc AT301 (N4335S), Liverpool, TX, Destroyed. Pilot flew into wires while spraying crops. Aircraft crashed and burned.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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