# Accident 19790507008119A: Airtrc AT301, Rigby, ID, May 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: Rigby, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 43.6736° N, 111.9135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rigby, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6736&lon=-111.9135&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4331S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4331S-1982-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-301 (registry code 0390103, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT301
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,341 total, 37 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79DYA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYA11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790507008119A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE FAILED TO SEE A LITTLE RISE IN THE GROUND AND FLEW INTO IT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA79DYA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYA11), May 7, 1979: Air Tractor AT-301 (N4331S), Rigby, ID, destroyed

## Other reports on N4331S (1)

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

- [Accident 19780811024139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780811024139A), Aug 11, 1978: Airtrc AT300 (N4331S), Idaho Falls, ID, Substantial damage. Density alt 7000FT.settled into tall wheat.

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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