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.
Narrative: on may 20, 1996, at 0745 CDT, an air tractor, model AT-301, aircraft, N7304R, experienced an excessive oil leak during aerial application. The aircraft struck an earth berm in a dry rice field after executing an emergency landing. Subsequent investigation revealed a cracked #9 cylinder intake rocker box housing.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON MAY 20, 1996, AT 0745 CDT, AN AIR TRACTOR, MODEL AT-301, AIRCRAFT, N7304R, EXPERIENCED AN EXCESSIVE OIL LEAK DURING AERIAL APPLICATION. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN EARTH BERM IN A DRY RICE FIELD AFTER EXECUTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A CRACKED #9 CYLINDER INTAKE ROCKER BOX HOUSING.
Other reports on N7304R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.