# Incident 19920724043979I: Airtrc AT302, Mcgehee, AR, July 24, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1992, 14:30 local time
- Place: Mcgehee, AR
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KPMG
- Location: 33.6278° N, 91.3950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McGehee, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6278&lon=-91.3950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8843S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8843S-2003-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-302 (registry code 0390104, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01517, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT302
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33143A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920724043979I

## Narrative

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

CHANGE IN ENGINE INSTRUMENTS AND VIBRATION. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN FIELD. BLADE IN FIRST STAGE COMPRESSOR BROKE.

## Other reports on N8843S (1)

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

- [Accident 20020913027739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020913027739A), Sep 13, 2002: Airtrc AT302 (N8843S), Lecompte, LA, Destroyed. (-23) Pilot was race tracking over a bean field 3 miles outside Lecompte, Louisiana, pilot pulled up in front of a row of trees, turned left and the engine…

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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