# Accident 19930722025279A: Airtrc AT301, Garner, AR, July 22, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1993, 12:00 local time
- Place: Garner, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: XKFG
- Location: 35.1421° N, 91.7789° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Garner, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1421&lon=-91.7789&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3650U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3650U-1996-09-05) (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 R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,936 total, 480 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN93LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930722025279A

## Narrative

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

LOUD BANG ENGINE VIBRATION. UNABLE TO SECURE ENGINE. FLEW INTO TREES. 20INCH SECTION PROP BLADE HAD SEPARATED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN93LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA084), Jul 22, 1993: Air Tractor AT-301 (N3650U), Garner, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: TOTAL FAILURE OF ONE PROPELLER BLADE. FACTORS WERE THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE ENGINE DURING THE FORCED LANDING, DESPITE THE PILOT'S EFFORTS TO SHUT IT DOWN, AND THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.