# Incident 19981019043579I: Airtrc AT301, Suffolk, VA, October 19, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1998
- Place: Suffolk, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.7282° N, 76.5836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Suffolk, VA, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7282&lon=-76.5836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8511S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8511S) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,500 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/19981019043579I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ARGICULTURAL AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO PARKING. GRASS WAS WET AND WHEN BRAKES APPLIED, AIRCRAFT SKIDDED AND DAMAGED LEFT WING TIP ON IMPACT WITH WATER TRAILER.  MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8511S (2)

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

- [Accident 19830825043939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830825043939A), Aug 25, 1983: Airtrc AT301 (N8511S), Redwood, MS, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after severe vibration caused by prop counterweight bearing shaft breaking
- [Incident 19810906063329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810906063329I), Sep 6, 1981: Airtrc AT301 (N8511S), Redwood, MS, Minor damage. Both main landing gear failed during taxi. Attach trunions show evidence of fretting action.

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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