# Incident 19800818067569I: Airtrc AT301, Port Gibson, MS, August 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1980, 11:50 local time
- Place: Port Gibson, MS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.9558° N, 90.9834° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Gibson, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9558&lon=-90.9834&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8739S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8739S-2013-03-11) (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
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,200 total, 240 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/19800818067569I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE BECAME ROUGH AND QUICKLY LOCKED UP. MASTER ROD HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N8739S (1)

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

- [Incident 19800527051179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800527051179I), May 27, 1980: Airtrc AT301 (N8739S), Valley Park, MS, Minor damage. Aircraft rolled into soft area on takeoff roll. 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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