# Incident 19870728068649I: Airtrc AT400, Provident City, TX, July 28, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1987, 18:30 local time
- Place: Provident City, TX
- Airport: Well 4 Strip
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: JWEG
- Location: 29.2827° N, 96.6322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Provident City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2827&lon=-96.6322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3656T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3656T-2021-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-400 (registry code 0390202, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT400
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870728068649I

## Narrative

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

ON INITIAL TAKEOFF ROLL THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR BROKE. PROPELLER, ENGINE AND WING STRUCK THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N3656T (2)

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

- [Incident 20010426015709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010426015709I), Apr 26, 2001: Airtrc AT400 (N3656T), Eunice, LA, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft lost power pulling out of field on last pass. Pilot landed short of airstrip. Aircraft hit the levee and nosed over striking propeller.…
- [Incident 19971119034889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971119034889I), Nov 19, 1997: Airtrc AT400 (N3656T), Jonesboro, AR, Minor damage. Narrative: on landing aircraft the right brake was applied but did not engage. Left brake was engaged. Aircraft crossed strip and stopped in a fish pond. Prop…

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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