# Incident 19800530052149I: Airtrc AT301, Bruce, MS, May 30, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1980, 18:30 local time
- Place: Bruce, MS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.9909° N, 89.3455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bruce, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9909&lon=-89.3455&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8595S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8595S) (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: 1,200 total, 4 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/19800530052149I

## Narrative

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

PRECAUTIONARY LANDING MADE AFTER ENGINE RAN ROUGH. FOUND SPARK PLUG GAP EXCESSIVE.

## Other reports on N8595S (1)

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

- [Accident 19790904021109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790904021109A), Sep 4, 1979: Airtrc AT301 (N8595S), Grenada, MS, Substantial damage. Landed on farm strip with side up slope. Lost directional control. Skidded. Flipped over.

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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