# Incident 19860814051629I: Airtrc AT301, Little Falls, MN, August 14, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1986, 21:00 local time
- Place: Little Falls, MN
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 45.9877° N, 94.3548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Falls, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9877&lon=-94.3548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8774S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8774S-2023-04-01) (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: 3,618 total, 450 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860814051629I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE RAN ROUGH AFTER TAKEOFF. DUMPED CHEMICALS. LANDED ON SOFT WET FIELD AND NOSED OVER. CYLINDER WAS BROKEN.

## Other reports on N8774S (2)

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

- [Incident 20210430007629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210430007629I), Apr 30, 2021: Air Tractor Inc AT-301 (N8774S), Tahlequah, OK, Minor damage. Pilot stated that, enroute to southern Oklahoma, he was stopping at the Tahlequah, Oklahoma airport for fuel. While landing the aircraft on runway 17, south…
- [Accident 20100716038809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100716038809A), Jul 16, 2010: Air Tractor AT-301 (N8774S), Edmore, ND, Substantial damage. During landing operator landed on cross runway on his farm strip which had not been mowed. Long grass factor in ground loop of aircraft damaging right/rear…

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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