# Accident 19980616014009A: Airtrc AT301, Risco, MO, June 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1998, 19:30 local time
- Place: Risco, MO
- Airport: James Stewart Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.5499° N, 89.8105° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5499&lon=-89.8105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36576, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36576-2018-01-18) (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 R1340*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 2,450 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980616014009A

## Narrative

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

TAKEOFF RUN SOFT SOD. TOO SLOW ABORTED. BRAKED AND NOSED OVER. FAILED NOTE FIELD AND WIND CONDITIONS. (.4)THE PILOT SAID THE AIRSTRIP WAS MADE UP OF VERY THICK SOD THAT WAS A LITTLE SOFT.  THE AIRPLANE HAD 2,000 POUNDS OF CHEMICAL ON BOARD.  THE PILOT SAID THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, HE NOTICED THAT HE COULD NOT REACH TAKEOFF SPEED.  HE SAID HE WAITED TOO LATE TO STOP.  THE PILOT QUICKLY APPLIED THE BRAKES.  THE AIRPLANE 'WENT END OVER.'  EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO ANOMALIES.                                                         (-23)HAD OPERATED OFF OF MALDEN.  THEN MOVED TO JAMES STEWART PRIVATE STRIP, 3 MILES NORTH ON H-153.  FIRST TAKEOFF WAS TO THE WEST.  SOD WAS SOFTER THAN IT APPEARED.  AIRCRAFT WAS ACCELERATING SLOWER THAN EXPECTED.  TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED.  BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEN A/C NOSED OVER ANS STOPPED INVERTED.  NO INJURIES.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  RIGHT WING WRINKLED APPROXIAMTELY MIDWAY OUT.  ENGINE MOUNT DAMAGE.

## 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 CHI98LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA202), Jun 16, 1998: Air Tractor AT-301 (N36576), Risco, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's abrupt application of the brakes. Factors contributing to this accident were the pilot's inadequate preflight preparation, his delayed decision to abort the takeoff, and the soft field.

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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