# Incident 19810401025279I: Airtrc AT301, Hobe Sound, FL, April 1, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1981, 07:30 local time
- Place: Hobe Sound, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 27.0745° N, 80.1432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hobe Sound, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0745&lon=-80.1432&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3655G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3655G-2018-06-26) (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
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 10,000 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/19810401025279I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER ON THIRD SPRAY RUN.  PILOT DUMPED SPRAY AND LANDED ON ROAD.  LEFT GEAR HIT HOLE AND NOSED UP.

## Other reports on N3655G (3)

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

- [Accident 20130804015659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130804015659A), Aug 4, 2013: Air Tractor Inc AT-301 (N3655G), Simmesport, LA, Destroyed. Aircraft was in a turn and stalled. Tried to recover and made an emergency landing straight ahead. Aircraft hit railroad embankment and was destroyed.
- [Accident 19930820029869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930820029869A), Aug 20, 1993: Airtrc AT301 (N3655G), Rome, MS, Substantial damage. Report powerloss on initial climbout. Force landed. Hit rice levee. No engine anomalies found. Took off midfield.
- [Accident 19870322007129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870322007129A), Mar 22, 1987: Airtrc AT301 (N3655G), El Dorado, OK, Substantial damage. Collided with a tree while attempting a takeoff from a country road. Engine malfunction. Carburetor valve stuck.

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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