# Accident 19870522015689A: Airtrc AT301, Weslaco, TX, May 22, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1987, 07:30 local time
- Place: Weslaco, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: EXUG
- Location: 26.1605° N, 97.9877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Weslaco, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1605&lon=-97.9877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5210S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5210S-2001-05-04) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,620 total, 2,098 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870522015689A

## Narrative

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

THE AGRICULTURAL SPRAY AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD AFTER ENGINE FAILURE. IMPELLER BEARING AND SHAFT HAD FAILED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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