# Incident 19900507014809I: Airtrc AT301, Hankamer, TX, May 7, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1990, 11:00 local time
- Place: Hankamer, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NPIG
- Location: 29.8583° N, 94.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hankamer, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8583&lon=-94.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8842S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8842S-2006-08-08) (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 R1340*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900507014809I

## Narrative

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

HAD LOSS OF POWER. FORCED LANDING IN FIELD. CAME TO REST INVERTED IN SOFT TERRAIN. FUEL WAS CONTAMINATED.

## Other reports on N8842S (1)

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

- [Accident 19891002066039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891002066039A), Oct 2, 1989: Airtrc AT301 (N8842S), Belle Glade, FL, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel and crash landed in sugar cane and a ditch while spraying rat bait on sugar cane.

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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