# Accident 19800925044309A: Airtrc AT301, Selma, AL, September 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1980, 10:45 local time
- Place: Selma, AL
- Airport: Sky Harbor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.3668° N, 87.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Skyharbor Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3668&lon=-87.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8603S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8603S-2007-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-301 (registry code 0390103, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT301
- Reported engine: LYC LTP101*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA099-202516) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800925044309A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILURE DURING CLIMBOUT.

## 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 ATL81FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA099-202516), Sep 25, 1980: Snow AT302A (N8603S), Selma, AL, substantial damage

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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