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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airtrc AT-301 · Raymondville, TX · June 3, 1992

Date: June 3, 1992 · 11:30 local
Place: Raymondville, TX
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: ERSG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3166S
Reported as: Airtrc AT301
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,500 total1,200 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

N3166SRegistration cancelled Apr 6, 2009 · Air Tractor AT-301S/N 301-0550 · Built 1984 Airframe modelAir Tractor AT-301 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot experienced a downdraft on takeoff. Unable to take off and ran out of runway. Nosed over on its back.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT EXPERIENCED A DOWNDRAFT ON TAKEOFF. UNABLE TO TAKE OFF AND RAN OUT OF RUNWAY. NOSED OVER ON ITS BACK.