# Accident 19850614025419A: Airtrc AT301, Brownsville, TX, June 14, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1985, 10:30 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Airport: Ag Air Inc
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 26.0731° N, 97.5375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Ag-Air Inc. Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0731&lon=-97.5375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23692 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT301
- Reported engine: PWA R1340*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,228 total, 1,395 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW85LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA256) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850614025419A

## Narrative

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

AN 410 BOLT ATTACHING ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE TO HORN MISSING. NO PITCH CONTROL, HIT GROUND. CHEMICAL EXPOSURE INJURY.

## 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 FTW85LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA256), Jun 14, 1985: Air Tractor AT-301 (N23692), Brownsville, TX, 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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