# Incident 19890428018959I: Airtrc AT400, Poplar Bluff, MO, April 28, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1989, 07:30 local time
- Place: Poplar Bluff, MO
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RGBG
- Location: 36.7633° N, 90.4140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Poplar Bluff, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7633&lon=-90.4140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3159W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3159W-2006-04-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-400 (registry code 0390202, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT400
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890428018959I

## Narrative

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

TRUCK DROVE ON RUNWAY WHILE AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF. PILOT PULLED UP ABRUPTLY MISSED TRUCK BUT FLEW THROUGH WIRES.

## Other reports on N3159W (3)

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

- [Accident 20040731017799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040731017799A), Jul 31, 2004: Airtrc AT400 (N3159W), Clayton, LA, Destroyed. (-23) On July 31, 2004, at 0850 CDT, an air tractor AT-400 agricultural airplane, N3159W, owned and operated by goodman's flying service of chase, LA, was…
- [Incident 19900715036689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900715036689I), Jul 15, 1990: Airtrc AT400 (N3159W), Blaine, MS, Minor damage. Lost directional control on rollout. Found right brake was inoperative.
- [Accident 19890602049069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890602049069A), Jun 2, 1989: Airtrc AT400 (N3159W), Poplar Bluff, MO, Substantial damage. Tail assembly struck wires while pilot was flying under them. Uncontrollable aircraft collided with the ground.

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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