# Accident 19820716029549A: Airtrc AT301, Yuma, AZ, July 16, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1982, 05:30 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.7253° N, 114.6244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yuma, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7253&lon=-114.6244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8538S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8538S-2013-07-29) (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 R1340*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FUJ42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUJ42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820716029549A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RETURNING TO BASE NOSED UP, STALLED AND SPUN IN. POSSIBLE PILOT INCAPACITATION.HAD BEEN SPRAYING ALL NIGHT

## 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 LAX82FUJ42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUJ42), Jul 16, 1982: Air Tractor 301 (N8538S), Yuma, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N8538S (1)

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

- [Incident 19820409032199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820409032199I), Apr 9, 1982: Airtrc AT301 (N8538S), Yuma, AZ. Engine lost power, flame appeared from crack in top of #1 cylinder from spark plug to spark plug.

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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