# Incident 19960520025079I: Airtrc AT301, Vinton, LA, May 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1996, 07:45 local time
- Place: Vinton, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 30.1954° N, 93.5822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vinton, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1954&lon=-93.5822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7304R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7304R-2003-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-301 (registry code 0390103, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT301
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960520025079I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19920525020529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920525020529I), May 25, 1992: Airtrc AT301 (N7304R), Lake Charles, LA, Minor damage. Left brake failed on landing rollout. Veered off runway and struck a levee.

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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